Reflective+Statement+Page

The Wiki is a new idea to me and one that that may have certain teaching benefits but one that I do not completely understand nor agree with using in the classroom. I can see it being a tool to use for students to see assignments and to turn work in both individually and collectively but I do not agree with the fact that students or anyone can just edit and change what someone else has already written. Giving students free reign to change what someone has written does not seem to advocate learning in the sense of learning. I have seen what students write about each other on their Facebook and Myspace profiles and that is without being able to go into their peers' accounts and directly defile and bully them. We've seen the news reports on these pages and sites and this bullying is now defined as an act of violence because students are using these sites to create pages and write negative and hurtful things about their peers and some times even teachers and employees. If they had free range to edit and re-write what someone has written on a Wiki page, I can't image what would be said or happen if that was not monitored or controlled. For that reason alone, I am really apprehensive with using a Wiki in my classroom. I am more interesting in learning about Web 2.0, digital story, personal blog pages and Google documents and trying these devices in the classroom before I even consider incorporating a Wiki page. Just my reflection. -Darcy