After viewing the discovery resources, I see that it is very easy to use, edit, and create pages using wiki's. Wiki's allow users to do almost anything on a page. This would be an excellent way for my campus to post our school faculty calendar. Each month our secretary prints a calendar for each teacher with events for the month that affect staff members. It would be great if it were online where staff members could add to it as necessary. Teachers already deal with so much paperwork, so putting it online would be a great way to always have the calendar nearby.
I just discovered another wonderful wiki site, Curriki. It offers a place online where educators from anywhere in the world can post curricula and lesson plans for review and use by fellow classroom teachers. It is very user friendly and has lessons categorized to make searching easier.
My campus has clubs that meet after school every other Monday. The Writing Club could really use a wiki to help produce the school newspaper. They could type their articles between meetings and the teacher(s) could go online and edit or make suggestions for changes. This would cut down on the length of time between printings.
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