Week 3 - Level 4 MORE WIKIS

Create a wiki or add content to a wiki:  

Wiki's can be used for many types of projects or orgainzing information.  They are great to use for program planning or maybe you and some coworkers are planning a presentation.  You can create your own wiki for your presentation where you can post documents, websites, and archive your work.  Some people just might want to create a wiki for fun.  Check out this Madmen Wiki.   Give it a try! We recommend using PB Works or Wikispaces to create your own WIiki.  To see how wiki's are being used professionally check out Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.

Remember, wikis are not private and can be viewed by anyone on the internet.  If you want something more private try Google Sites (all you need is a Google account).  Google Sites is a structured wiki and web page creation tool from Google. The CSS Executive Board has one for our internal communication. We also have one for Ocean County Youth Services Librarians for programs and craft ideas.   Since Google Sites are private the only way to view one is to be invited by the creator.  To get started with Google Sites, visit this page for a quick overview.  Then you can create your own site or add content to an existing site.

Level 4 Excersise:

Blog about your thoughts and experience with Google Sites or another wiki of your choosing. 

• Did you create a Wiki or a Google Site?
• Could you use one for meeting planning? Sharing ideas with coworkers? Organizing an event?
• Do you have any Wikis you created, contribute to, like to look at for information?