I enjoyed reading the articles about Wikis. I actually have been involved with several wikis over the past few years and to be honest, I don't think I truly understood nor appreciated their benefit at the time. In some ways, I found the wikis hard to navigate, but I think now that I understand that they were intended to be places for collaboration amongst professionals, I can understand why they were structured the way that they were. I also like the fact that wikis don't necessary have one author. I think by others being able to add to or even change posted information can be helpful. I can also see, however, how this might be detrimental and would need to be taken into consideration if using information from a Wiki.
I like the idea that the wikis allow for multiple contributors and discussions which makes them quite suitable to be used to not only share ideas, but also to organize projects. As I think about our campus team, what a neat way to elicit feedback and get more people involved in overall conversations about what is going on on our campus and/or what might need to be addressed or changed. I could see it as a place to share ideas as well as research and I think it would be a format that teachers (and administrators ) could easily understand how to use . I am head of our faculty fund, and we usually have a few "projects" that we want to talk about throughout the year and am thinking that maybe I should create a wiki that can be accessed by not only our representatives but also the rest of the staff to develop these ideas and get good feedback throughout the year.
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