Verlinda's+Reflection

Verlinda's Reflection
==Technology is constantly advancing. I considered myself a pro once I mastered how to create a slide show using PowerPoint, years later along comes the wiki. I had never heard of a wiki. I thought to myself, "Wow, this will definitely be interesting!" Our group met a couple of times to decide on the layout of our page and what specific information we would add to it. After reviewing the tutorial, I decided to "begin with the end in mind". I researched and saved information on my assigned presidents. There was such an abundance of information available online. As I was conducting my research, it was exciting to find links that I could share with my social studies/history teachers to use in their classrooms. If I did not have to complete this assignment I would not have otherwise discovered these sites. Being a young teacher during the Bush and Clinton administrations, I was amazed at how much I either had forgotten or did not initially know that pertained to education. ==

==I realized I finally I had to try to figure out how to put my information into the wiki. I struggled initially trying to insert links and so forth. After overcoming several obstacles, I was successful. My group members were very supportive. Just as Mary started, this is truly " //A Work in Progress//". I will continue learn more about wikis including using widgets. ==

==I can see the wiki as being a great resource for educators whether it is assigned as a project or used to reinforce teaching. Consequently, whoever creates it should make sure the information is reliable and relevance. (Okay --- how do we define reliable and relevant --- RIGHT). ==

==Of course, we created our wiki based on history. As a true to heart mathematician, I can see teachers creating wikis in the other courses as well. ==