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I am looking for wikis that are applicable for teaching Spanish at the level I am working with. I have found some that contain parts of what I am looking for, and I am encouraged at the volume out there.

Communication and time are two real constraints when working with others on projects on the Web. My partner Justin really did some great work to get the ball rolling but we both had other prior commitments which limited our availability to each other. I think we have ended up with a fine result, and given more opportunity could have polished it up even more.

I learned about working with others on the Web. I assume this is the greater portion of the lesson for us. Of course I also got some valuable experience navigating around and learning how to bring sites to the wiki that were important.

I have had a good opinion of the Wikipedia, but only as an occasional viewer. Getting information about adding and editing on the Wikipedia itself is very exciting. There are some areas of particular interest to me that I enjoy working into my lessons and sharing with the classes. ‘Where did the first inhabitants of the New World come from’ is one and it is an area where discoveries and new theories are abounding. The Wikipedia is the perfect forum for information such as this. Many of the theories fly in the face of conventional wisdom, but are viable avenues of intellectual pursuit.

I have not reached the point where I feel comfortable enough with the rechnology myself that I can present it to the class, or follow it as well as I would want to if I did incorporate it at this time. I do discuss some of my classwork with the tech person at school and with other staff members who are tech-savvy, and they are as interested to see applications as I am. it has the real potential to expand through the school as we become more adept at it.