Jabberwiki...

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

Sorry...I couldn't resitst throwing in the first two verses of Lewis Carroll's nonsensical poem Jabberwocky from his novel Through the Looking Glass. I can not explain it, but every time I hear someone refer to a Wiki, I immediately return to this poem that has been one of my favorites ever since I had to memorize it in the 5th grade. So, naturally I decided to use Jabberwiki as the name of my very first Wiki page. Imagine my surprise when I found that it was already being used!!! I know...I couldn't believe it either! I was sure that I was the only one that had ever put Wiki and Jabberwocky together...LOL! Well, since I am not currently teaching at a school where I could update or create their Wiki page, I decided to share this incredible site that I found with you instead.

JabberWiki, according to their site, is a "Book Review wiki where students can exchange their reviews, comments, and suggestions about books." While this isn't the direction I was planning on going with my ode to the Jabberwocky, I will honestly admit that this site was a much better use of the idea. It does require that you sign-in and become a member in order to post to the wiki but from what I can tell it is free to join. The site allows you to browse book titles and read the reviews; however, to add your own thoughts you have to contact Matt. The site is hosted by The Nueva School in San Francisco, so I am sure that this site will be maintained and organized well. I hope that you will take the time to check out this awesome wiki and look to see how you can incorporate it into your classes.

Since I wasn't able to use my Jabberwocky/wiki idea, I had to come up with another imaginative and outside-of-the box title for my very first Wiki. After hours of thought and deliberation I finally decided on Brumbelow2.0...Catchy HUH!?!?!?! My idea for this Wiki is to open it up to all of my classmates from CEP810 and CEP811 to start. This will be a Wiki where we can discuss and share all of our new discoveries, success, and not so successful interactions with Web2.0 tools. As part of my efforts to broaden and strengthen my PLN, I thought this would be a great way to stay in touch with my classmates and to learn from one another. So, I invite each of you to visit my new Wiki and share your ideas...I look forward to seeing how this little expirement turns out!