I found the Common Craft video on Wiki's very interesting. I have totally had the series of email that I have had to filter through... time passes... you have to go back and figure out what the question even was. Some people reply all... some just reply... who has all of the information. Hey, let's get it together on a wiki. I haven't really heard of anyone using wikis like this before.
I have certainly heard of Wikipedia, and I am generally opposed to it when students use it in the library. My reason? It's all they are willing to use. I have found that it is very hard to get students to go to resources other than Google and Wikipedia exclusively. So in reality I do use both of these resources; they can be very helpful. To the inexperienced, however, judging resources takes experience, background, and a bit of savvey. I think skills of savy and judgement can be taught, built up, and encouraged. When, how, and where can this be most effective is my next challenge. We don't ban Wikipedia, because just as soon as you do that someone has a question about Betty Boop... not extensively covered by Britannica.
The outlines of some of the wiki examples made me think that a wiki could be the place to gather information and be the culmination of a research project. This could be any research, but especially group projects so adaptations could be made my several members. I think I saw that "completed" wikis... is that an oxymoron?... could be locked.
I edited the 23 Things wiki... It's getting "kinda messy". I know we just needed to "announce our presence", but is there wiki etiquette?
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