Review of Educational Use of Wikis - Posted Class Wiki Task

I visited Rachel Boyd's site "The Wiki Way". It was chock full of helpful guides, hints, and tools to make a wiki site come to life. I especially was drawn to the "Bling" feature/tutorial that instructs potential wiki users on how to add "pizzazz' to their wiki for the express purpose of captivating students visually into using the wiki. Once they are hooked on looking, having them work with it is much more probable. I also cherish the notion of being able to post documents to the wiki - one such desired example would be student modeling documents that can serve as a benchmark for current students in approaching and completing an assigned task. The ability to add helpful web links that supplement classroom teachings is another boon to wiki use. Posting my weekly lesson plans would be yet an additional feature that both parents and students could make practical use of.