Thing 10

• What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?
• The number of experts that freely share their knowledge. Tres cool.
  
• What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki?
• Classroom discussions perhaps in a classroom. In the library it would be exciting to have a wiki on book recommendations where students would be able to post their recommendations for others.
  
• Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?
• I recommend prudence. I suggest that Wikipedia is a great starting point for background knowledge and to use the sources listed and check them out for further research. I also recommend Wikipedia for ready -reference answers to questions like "how many stomachs does a cow have" but caution caution caution that post-secondary schools will NOT accept wikipedia. I have students look at our schools entry and they all agree that some guy named Tom in Utah should not be the foremost authority on our school and focus only on one terrible event. We also had a very respected history teacher who used Wikipedia until he found a citation on Civil Rights that was peppered with racial slurs. Most students agree after my spiel!
  
• Which wiki did you edit?
• CMLE's 23 things on a stick. Many cool entries. I also have a wikispace for a TIES presentation