Thing 10.1 Wikis

Things are clearer now that I've visited some library wikis. All the fumbling and striving makes what I am seeing on these wikis more understandable. For instance, the Library Bloggers Wiki and the pathfinder wiki from the St. Joseph County Public Library systems shows APPLICATION of this tool. Aha! That's the key. How does this tool work AND what are some applications for the public library? The more tools I understand, the more able I am to think of them as solutions for a library situation. YES! I accessed the 23 Things on a Stick PBwiki and added a comment.

Thing 10 Wikis

Thing 10 is the most confusing one so far. Have I said that about things before this? Maybe. I think this is why. I have never edited a wiki or even thought about editing a wiki so that whole process was in the mystery realm. Not unsolvable -- I just hadn't tried it. I read, of course, and clicked and experimented...a lot. The little Common Craft video on wikis made it look very easy. Hmmmm. The first blip was being unable to access 23 Things on a Stick wiki because I didn't have the invite key. I logged in to Google Groups and asked that question and got an affirming reply with the key -- multitype -- and a "thanks" from our fearless leaders for finding an omission. (You are welcome. SmileyFace.) I explored around the lesson a little more and got so excited that I decided to jump right in. Turns out that jumping right in is actually the CHALLENGE part of Thing 10. Hours later I came up for air. I did open a wiki on PB Wiki and I am going to make another one on Wikispaces just to compare the two.