My purpose for this week's wiki was to see if I could develop a workspace for my leadership team. Although due to privacy issues I wouldn't actually be able to invite them to the workspace. However, my goal was to develop a structure to support it. I think this could work and would prove itself to be very useful especially when I need them to review or prepare for upcoming changes. I can have them do all of the legwork from their desktop such as reading articles, submitting drafts, all under the same subject line. This is a more organized digital approach than email.
I think that wiki's foster the spirit of collaboration. It brings people together under one common idea or theme. Possibly one disadvantage could be that you may have those who choose not to participate. In an educational administrative setting that can be an issue. How would you use a lack of collaboration to hold them accountable? If as an administrator, I am going to reduce the need for face to face to meetings then wiki's would be a great way to keep everyone in the loop.
I think that digital natives will find wiki's to be more useful and engaging because they live in a day and age where actual verbal conversations are limited through texting and social networking sites. I think as educators we have to help them find a balance so that they do not lose their social skills.
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