I have to quick write this assignment about wikis so my mind can move on. It is getting very full with thoughts of blogs and online conferences and googledocs and voicethreads and...there is so much to focus on, so much to pay attention to - mind boggling. This is a challenge of the "age of information" and the students I see are having trouble paying attention. And I am paying attention to this. (More on this later.)
In coming up with classroom ideas for using wikis, their most exciting feature is the one that I tussle with the most - collaborative writing. I am attached to the thoughts I create and express in my writing. So while I am excited about the collaborative possibilities of wiki, what inspiration, at the same time I fear losing a piece of writing I liked or having someone change what I liked. Is there a control issue here as well (type A personality, sanguine/choleric)?
I am stimulated by some fabulous examples of wikis being used in education (read: k12online07.wikispaces.com, Blogmeister.pbwiki.com, studentblogwikitools.wikispaces.com, releasethehounds.wikispaces.com). I still am putting thought into the choice of wiki vs. blog to suit the task. And much will depend on characterizing the task. [Note use of the term 'characterizing' vs. defining (Payne, GoodThinking, Connectivism, 10/11/07).]
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