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I want to write up a wiki. Look at the possibilities. Wow, the potential for education is phenomenal. Students that need extra mentoring and tutoring can get it through an education wiki.
I’ve investigated a few online tutorial wikis. Davis Wiki is an online index that categorizes subjects and grade levels. It lists the tutorial wikis under the academic level of the student.
At the secondary and elementary level, two really good wikis are the Sylvan Learning Center and the Davis Bridge Educational Foundation. The Sylvan Learning Center is a personal tutoring center for students pre-K-12 in reading, math essentials, writing, study skills and test preparation, either in person or online. They offer test preparation services for the ACT, SAT, and state standardized tests. Before Sylvan begins tutoring sessions, they administer a Sylvan Skills Assessment, which aims to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses. Using the results from this assessment, they develop a personalized tutoring program. Parents are kept in the loop through frequent progress conferences. All Sylvan instructors are certified teachers. They stress that their tutors are certified, but I read a discussion where there was one tutor that was not certified.
The Davis Bridge Educational Foundation works with low-income, academically-at-risk students, regardless of race or ethnicity, and their services are totally free of charge. They work particularly with Latin-American children. They essentially do the same kind of assessment/placement for their students. Parents are also kept in the loop of their child’s progress. I did not read any negative discussion about this site.
Tutoring wikis may be an opportunity for beginning teachers, such as myself. Hey, we all need to start somewhere, and experience is a big must. Teachers starting out, need experience. The more experience one has on their resume, the better.
A Maine site I’ve investigated is AP4ALL. It is a great opportunity for teachers in Maine who are interested in teaching online advanced placement students. One must apply for a grant to teach the courses. There are a few requirements. The teachers must:
a. Be trained in the subject area.
b. Possess and appropriate Maine certificate in the subject area and level.
c. Either 1) have two years experience teaching the AP course, or 2) have one year experience teaching the AP course AND (they stress the “and”) participate in the Maine AP Mentoring Program.

I have never witnessed Maine’s educational system to fail to create a “good old boy” program. How does a beginning teacher get any experience in this nepotistic system (sorry). Forgive my frustration, but you’d think that a poor state like Maine would come up with a program that would be inclusive, inviting and training beginning teachers, as well as seasoned teachers from around the world. Maine’s Department of Education seems to forget that we all belong to a greater world. I’ve never witnessed an AP student shy away from a foreign teacher. They tend to very curious about their culture and like the accents and dialog.
I would love to teach an online course using a wiki. I’m eager to learn how this marvel of internet technology works.