Thing 11

Thing 11
Here is my link to my wiki link: http://wikismart.wikispaces.com/

I called it wikismart. I know I need to work on my wiki more but ran into some problems with the layout. I was thrilled that I was able to download “wikismart” letters using spell with flickr onto my wiki page. However on the edit page it looked great then when I saved it the words went down the page not across the page. I was able to change the order of the graphics and put it to the bottom of the page but I can’t get it to go across the page.
Anyone have ideas to help with this?

I think this is an easy way to post and work as a group on line. We use a shared drive at school were we can all save and add documents on our server. The down side of this is that you have to be logged onto the server to access it where as here you can get it from anywhere. I like that part of it but I must say I am worried about the fact that anyone can post on your wiki and can edit it as well. I would like to experiment more with using just a select group that is allowed to edit or delete on the wiki.
Wikis differ from blogs in that anyone can change your content on the page. I would want to have people sign up and log on to use my wiki for accountably reasons.
I would worry that someone might edit something that was not appropriate or delete something that I spent a lot of time on.

Blogs are peoples opinions or someone’s personal thoughts. There can be factual information posted and linked on blogs as well as wikis. You can read and post your comments on someone’s blogs but you can not edit it and change the owners content like you can on wiki. Students and new users need to know that they shouldn’t just believe everything they read on the internet. They need to verify information especially if it is on a new wiki. I think a major issue with blogs, wikis and school/teacher websites it keeping them current. Finding time to do all this can be an issue.
I plan to spend some more time this summer working on this Thing 11.