Wikis L.Carnes

Wikis in education. I think that wikis have the potential to be very useful for group work. Since they allow all members to be able to access and publish information to the internet, everyone else in the group can see changes immediately. In a professional setting this is a useful tool. I worry about using this tool in the classroom with students though. I think that it would be labor intensive to monitor the postings and ensure that all content was appropriate all of the time, since the wikis can be updated anytime day or night. I think that wikis have a more useful application in the area of professional development. For example, if a committee was working on new goals for the school or a new school improvement plan, they would be well served by a wiki where they could post their ideas and make changes as well as communicate with one another online.