The good about the WIKI ..
It serves its purpose ... multiple people can be editors on the same website. I see how this can be a HUGE plus. I can see this very well in a classroom. Why not have your students create a class website on their own, where every student can add to the site? Or why not let small groups in the classroom create websites together to teach classmates things they've learned!
Also, it is fairly easy to use. Not a huge learning curve. I see upper elementary school kids being able to use the WIKI.
The BAD about the WIKI ..
In my (our) experience, the WIKI is hard because everyone has different needs, wants, desires in a website. How can everyone be pleased? They can't. Therefore, there needs to be a rubric, rules, guidelines, etc. I like the idea of assigning, or letting students pick roles, and each student having a specific role within the WIKI creation. Also, I suggest having a preset way to solve disagreements. Or at least guidelines for students to solve disagreements. As the elementary education group realized, we had knock out drag down fights. And we are college students so be prepared for WIKI disagreements.
Here is the Elementary Education Wiki for Summer 2010. Notice the image collection on the front page ... that is an example of something good that came out of a long disagreement. Goes to show good things can come out of having to solve WIKI disagreements.
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