Thing # 15

Really, the only thing you have to tell me concerning a technology is that it will cut back on email and I'm immediately interested!  That said, I do have some concerns.  For control freaks or anyone interested in accuracy or privacy, wiki's can prove a bit of a challenge.  The more proliferation there is of collaborative documents available on the web the more educators have to be careful about information literacy.  I did however include a wiki in my webquest after I had checked to make sure only George Mason graduate students could contribute to it and only their professors could edit it.  I'm not really sure how you set a wiki up with strict limits like that, but since it can obviously be done this is one way to help provide reputable educational wikis.  Welker's Wikinomics was a very impressive example of how this kind of collaboration can be useful in the classroom.  Thinking back to my education 2100 class I think I would have preferred this method for collaboration on our group's pbl's to the circles we had to create in google drive.  The fact that they are web-based also offers students the ability to access their group's work anywhere and not be tied to a single file on a single computer.  When looking at one of the links you provided with this activity one of my favorite wiki examples was one for travel and tourism.  I really like the idea of being able to check out a city's wiki for input on where to go, what's really great or unexpected, or what to absolutely stay away from!  I chose to post my animoto link in sandbox because it isn't very often I create something that's purely "creative," so I wanted to share it   Almost everything I put together has an academic purpose.  I created this video simply out of a desire to make something aesthetically pleasing!  I'm sure an art or music teacher could find a way to make aesthetic appreciation part of their lesson plan.