Uses of Wikis in the Classroom

Tonight in our chort meeting we discussed the many possible uses of wikis for the classroom. In particular I liked the idea of a "book study". Most classes in public schools have a 'book' that either supplements or augments the textbook. If not, then there are many online 'books' and articles that can be easily accessed to this end. The wiki format seems to closely mimic that of the "sequential creations" that I participated in during the summer session. The key when implementing a wiki as part of a 'classroom activity' with students is to encourage very short snips of information in the begining(bulleted statements) and then progress to fully formed sentences. If you can really get this across to kids, then you'll be off to a good start......