Wiki Use Ideas

I see a couple uses of a wiki for my library and the school. One use I can see is to provide a place to collect and display student work within my school as well as develop topical pages for the various research projects teachers assign. We have a school website, but access and editing is done through Contribute, a stand-alone program with limited installation in our school. A wiki would allow easy access and updating for everyone. A huge benefit I see is that students can become a part of the creation process. The collaborative process that can occur with the creation of a wiki is an important skill for students (and teachers) to learn. I like the idea, too, of having future students evaluate and build on previous students' research. In addition, I could develop pages that incorporate instruction with research guides. The centralization of these resources together would be very beneficial.

Another idea I see is to use that wiki for the development of policies, procedures, and materials that are created by school staff. As an example, we are in the process of getting SACS accreditation. This process involves the creation of written standards and components based upon a lot of data gathering. I think it could make an amazing difference to have done this on a wiki in terms of organization, time saved, communication, and more. Also, it would all be readily available for the next time.