The first is to provide audience feedback on a performance project. This is on Wikispaces where I can permit visitors to leave comment, but give the writers control over the wiki; that’s as it should be. Only a couple of bits of acitivity thus far; probably end of term and wanting to do anything but more work. The second one has gone up on PBWiki. This is a slick interface, with what can be some tad annoying screens which pop up from time to time offering (inexpensive) upgrades. These can be worked around however. This class wiki is more like a conventional schedule of classes and workshops. It has the capability, like all websites, to provide hotlinks, but in its wiki-way, gives each class member the opportunity to co-create the learning space. PBWiki is public, but contributors need a password. I like this. The usual links to Flickr and other third-party apps come with plug-ins. I’ll try these as the semester flows on.
What’s the rationale for using wikis and not paper? Apart from saving trees, I want students to encourage students to get their hands ‘dirty’ playing in digital media. They need to feel confident about using what are basic, collaborative communication tooks. I want an application that can take updates in an instant, and attached files if I want to post them; Full marks to both Wikispaces and PBWiki so far.