Week 4 - Wikis

This week, I learned everything I know about wikis. I did not make the connection between wikipedia and wikis until going through the information for this week.

After completing the assignment, the only real advantage to a wiki is the ability to monitor how much time students spent doing what. The other features, such as the ability to chat and share documents and post items to a calendar, are available and more user friendly through other sources. 

I wouldn't classify myself as a wiki wizard or anything, so maybe I'm not utilizing it to its full potential, but I don't see myself using it in the library environment where I will be working. This is why.

1. Students don't have internet unless they are at school and at that point, they can just talk to each other, which makes the discussion feature null and void.

2. I like the shared documents feature, but google docs will do that. 

3. Calendaring items and events is nice, but google calendars or the program we use internally does that. 

I just don't see myself as a munchkin in the Wonderful World of Wiki.