Reflection on Wiki

I have just designed my first Wiki and at Vanessa Hemson's suggestion I incorporated our learning design brief for this week.  This first wiki page is designed to stimulate a deeper understanding of the value of blogging in education and I have used a SWOT analysis in the hopes that my GDLT colleagues will get in the spirit and add their thoughts to my page.

http://juliennemorrison.wikispaces.com/Blog+Swot+Analysis

I found the Wiki very easy to set up and I am hoping to find it a robust technology in this form.  I was very excited when a colleague added their insights to the analysis, and so I have to say, designing the Wiki was fun.  I will use a SWOT analysis on Wikis as I have for blogs this week.

Strengths

• collaborative
• fun
• scaffolding works well
• continues to evolve
• can foster trust between people
• increasing engagement from students
• develop social skills such as compromise
• brainstorming

Weaknesses

• can be edited in a negative/destructive manner
• need trust

Opportunities

• integrated learning opportunities
• sharing of knowledge, experiences, opinions
• building relationships
• develop creativity 
• develop higher order thinking skills 

Threats

• must be able to trust others
• accept changes to your original design
• must be monitored closely