Once you have edited or created a page, write a short blog entry about wikis. How could we use a wiki in the library? Can you think of another use for a wiki outside the library?
Wow! I edited our wiki! Yay!
Uses in the library? Hmm...as lots of my coworkers have mentioned at the brownbags and/or in their own blogs, I think a wiki could possibly make a great library intranet.
Outside the library? I have a friend in grad school who is constantly working on group projects. Sometimes it is a presentation, sometimes it is a research paper/project. I watch her and her fellow group members struggling to communicate and share resources or other useful information via email or (worse) Blackboard. Now that I am a little more familiar with wikis and how they work, I think that a wiki would be a much better alternative to mass emails and the oh-so-clunky Blackboard. It would definitely be a great way for multiple members to edit and add to a presentation script or a term paper; plus, everyone would know when a change was made, who made it, and why the change was made. Of course, this is assuming that all individuals involved know how to use a wiki...
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