As the title suggests, I was thinking about how a wiki is a great tool to share and modify information between classmates and the teacher. During university we had group work that used a wiki and it was great in that everyone could collect, modify and update information on an ongoing basis.
In terms of looking at wikis from a teacher's perspective, a wiki keeps timestamps and backups of when work is updated so you can easily tell how early or how much work a student has provided. It also keeps logs of who was the last to edit each page. The convenience of not forcing students to meet face-to-face and adding material when they are available is a huge bonus.
A wiki is not only suited for group work, but also for individual assignments. Instead of having students create a poster, why not have them create a wiki page on their topic? It puts all contributions into one easily accessible place.
There are other benefits to using wikis and the article here by Elgort, Smith and Toland further addresses what I've outlined.
I know there are probably a ton of teachers who incorporate wikis into their units. So if you have an example of a wiki that you did for a geography or science class could you direct me to your URL?
A wiki resource for educators: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Thanks for reading my first post!
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