I have used wiki-spaces for many of my education classes, but this week I experienced this technology from a teachers prospective. I have been skeptical of this resource because I have encountered so many problems in my TE courses with trying to find information, post things, and find when my instructor has updated pages.
In one class, we were expected to post regarding a discussion question each week within the first five minutes of class. It was really unorganized with my instructor posting the question, then a some of the classmates commenting directly under the instructors post while other classmates would make a new post on their own to reply to the same question. Then if you wanted to go back and read your reply or add to it, it was such a hassle!
In another class where the instructor used the wiki-space as a place for everyone to add and share ideas, it was a great intention, but the majority of the time we would end up canceling another person's addition trying to add our own. If someone is editing the space and another person goes to edit the same space and page, the site won't accept both editing, so it will only add one to the page. So we would have to be really careful about going back and looking to see if our information was properly posted or not.
However, it is a great way to post information for everyone in a class to see, and edit as needed. I really like how the discussion page is so accessible not only for students to post information, but for feedback as well.
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