Although I knew about Wikipedia, of course, I had never thought about the possibility of creating my own wiki (and had never edited one). I decided to create a family wiki using a template on the google wiki site. I plan on using this to potentially post a family blog, announcements, photos, etc. I've been playing around with this for a few days and have learned to use some of google's other applications that can be added to the wiki template, such as google maps and calendar. I want to learn more about how the sharing works, especially with the different "levels" you can specify when you list who can have access. I just shared it with my husband and once ready, I'll share it with other extended family members too. I like that one site covers the whole family (as opposed to facebook) and doesn't require others to join (again, facebook).
I'm really interested in creating a wiki for work also, similar to a mini-intranet for our department. I've been thinking about this for awhile but thought I'd have to start a password protected website. Now I'm wondering if this would work instead. It would be a way of having contact info, a calendar of conferences/meetings, and maybe useful on-call info that people can access from home as well as at work. Although I'm not sure how much I can put on it without running out of space and having to pay extra.
To do the assignment, it took about 45 minutes, including reading and watching the suggested material as well as starting my own basic wiki (more with the extra time spent editing and adding to it).
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Wikis are a great way to communicate with others. There are several departments who are using wikis to update policies and create strategic plans. Wikis actually have a lot of space. You can also remove old items.
ReplyDeletefrom froggie heaven, cat cuddles: my department used a wiki for one project a few months ago. Everyone had no trouble posting on the wiki for the issue being addressed but we had different understandings about how to post that we needed to straighten out. in the end, for work, we went back to a face to face mtg to resolve the work flow issue. Might work very different for you in a family situation.
ReplyDeleteI've continued getting the site ready for a trial run. I've added some documents, important papers for our field, website links, and some contacts. Since I'm envisioning more of a reference site that a project wiki, I'm hoping to avoid some of the problems cat cuddles mentioned in the comment above. I plan on unveiling it at our next staff meeting and seeing what people think.
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