Wiki

I'm very excited about participating on a wiki, however, I'm having trouble with the wiki on blackboard.  I keep changing the link to be linked directly to my name, but it keeps reverting back to a separate link.  It's very frustrating!  Also, I can't edit it at home.  I think it might be because I have a Mac.  Are any other Mac users having difficulties?  I guess I'll have to try it at work.  Hopefully I'll have better luck there.  I'm looking forward to reading other people's blogs through the wiki and reading what their struggles and successes have been. I've already read a few and it's so exciting to see how similar, yet unique, each one of us feels about the same experience.  I'm sure our students feel the same way about the things that we teach! 

I want to learn how to make a wiki so that students in my classroom can create blogs and connect them to a class wiki.  I think this will be a great way to get the kids communicating outside of school.  The first topic I'd like to try would be writing book recommendations about books that they have recently read.  Then all a student would have to do to choose a new book is go to the wiki and read other students blogs to find a book that sounded right for them.  This will also be an easy way for parents to see how their child is doing and what books they are interested in.  They can even leave comments of encouragement or write their own recommendations!