What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?
The beauty of wikis lies in the collaborative nature. Our principal used it as a forum for a schoolwide discussion on poverty. It was very effective in the sense that it allowed us to contribute at our convenience and receive notification via emails when it had been edited. Since our staff is large and very busy, such a discussion would have been difficult to coordinate in person. The variety of persons/background/knowledge participating made the discussion rich in ideas and considerations. We were all surprised at the depth and extensive surface that we covered in answering questions and asking new questions.
What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki?
Book groups -- where you can interact with others who have read the same book you enjoyed (perhaps months ago). Extension of class discussions.
Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?
I'm not in favor of banning it entirely. There are times when wikipedia has the only information available; however, it can only be used when students are required to look to multiple sources (too often teachers seem content with a student having only researched in one source) and with students who have had formal instruction or an understanding that not everything you read is true (i.e. particularly troublesome to use wikipedia with the very young students).Which wiki did you edit?
I edited the 23 Things on a Stick Wiki
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