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Hello :) i'm Merriwyn Spicer-Wensley, currently working at Guildford Grammar School in the senior school library.

//Our experience with wikis// We are currently using two closed wikis hosted by pbworks which are both closed for editing and viewing, that is they can only be read or edited by members of the wiki. The first we created was to facilitate internal communication within the library and to provide a place to generate and discuss policies and procedures. This wiki is also useful in keeping track of long term goals and developing new ideas for the library. The second we created was for the writer's group who use it as a forum to plan meetings, share their writing and give constructive feedback on other writers work, and they are now using it for a collaborative story writing excercise where each student writes a sentence at a time. This is proving to be a very fruitful excercise as they have been very active writing this during the school holidays.

//The Conference// I always enjoy coming to conferences when I get a chance to really engage with other people and the ideas. I am a big fan of interactive sessions where discussion is encouraged as I learn best this way, it allows me to tease out concepts and get others input. I find that it is a great way to tap into the immense knowledge and creativity contained within this kind of meeting of interested and interesting proffessionals :) and is why I am a big fan of the unconference format which is centered around the idea of tapping into the collective wisdom of attendees. I decided to come to Paul's session because he is such a good presenter who also believes in tapping into that knowledge.