I am familiar with wikipedia. I use it often for a quick definition or to look up a term or topic I am not familiar with. Students at my high school like to use it for research; it's quick and easy to use. However, some teachers do not allow wikipedia as a source for research due to the fact that it is changeable and not authoritative. Now that I know more about it, I believe that students could be allowed to use it but not exclusively; more sources are need to verify information. Students really need to learn and know how to evaluate wikipedia articles.
I perused some of the library specific wikis. I didn't know much about wikis that had special topics and could be designed for group use. I would like to learn more about wikis and how to set them up for classrooms. Again, I will collaborate with the tech teacher to enable this to happen. I know what wikis are but need more info on how to set one up.
One thing I noticed about some of the library wikis was that, like websites, they are most useful when they are kept updated. Time to do it is a factor in the success of wikis. I enjoyed learning more about wikis and the fact that wikipedia is not the end all and be all of it, just the biggest. I liked the resources that were listed to learn more about wikis; I found them very useful as tutorials.
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