I think that Wiki's are pretty interesting and certainly have generated a lot of controversy in light of all the Wikipedia discussions. I played with Wiki's prior to this class. I used Wikispaces to create a "web page" for my school library. It's really not a "wiki" in the strict sense because I locked the pages (Obviously I don't need people to edit my overdue policy.) However I have offered membership to staff and parents, for the purpose of discussion, but no takers. I've also set up a page to link to possible teachers wikis or webpages, but I don't think any of our teachers really make use of a web page - there are none on our school page. At least I have this wiki linked on our school homepage, so I feel like our library information is out there if people want to find it. Due to the nature of our school (high military enrollment) our student population changes throughout the year and at least this way it's easy to provide information to new parents if they choose to use it.
I jumped around within the resources provided and found lots of stuff on the various wikis in the Library Resources wiki including a plagiarism worksheet and a kind of neat assignment calculator from the University of Minnesota that I plan to show my daughter when she heads to college this fall. I think setting up a wiki as sort of a book club would be neat, but probably more at the secondary level than primary.
Here's my Wiki, just FYI
Ladd Library Wiki
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Oh, love the wiki. One of the issues with any of these collaborative tools is they are only as useful as the people who are willing to use and contribute to them. I have to smile when people tell met that my wiki is missing things but they don't have the time to help keep it updated.... I do my best but I am only one person.
Ann
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