Setting up a Wiki

Setting up a wiki was really quite easy. It was probably a little easier because I was familiar with the format from using a wiki in Barb's class last semester, but I think anyone could do it without too much help. I was proud of myself because I was even able to figure out how to do different pages. (Thank you, tutorials!) Anyway, after some consideration on what to make the wiki about, I decided on a wiki to help teachers at my school get information about the library. (I chose not to make one that students would use because after reading everyone's discussion posts, I can see that there are a lot of issues. My school is K-3 and I am only the assistant and don't feel ready to jump into something as big as a student wiki.)

My hope is that the wiki will be a place for teachers to turn to when they have questions about the library and no one is available to answer them. I feel that the majority of our teachers do not know the huge amount of resources that are available in our library and I want to change that. My plan is to add the basics of the library to the wiki, then share it with the head librarian and she can add to it in any way she feels would be helpful. Teachers could even add to it if there was something they wanted to share with other teachers, such as a great book they discovered that their students loved. I am excited about the wiki and I hope that the teachers will take the time to look at it and get something out of it.