From Ferris and Wilder (2006) research, we recognize new ways of using Wikis in the classroom. We also learn how Wiki supports our learning. Unlike weblog, Wiki updates are subject-driven rather than time-driven. The Wiki thus becomes an area with a very specific information-sharing purpose.
At the same time, I think Wiki helps us to expand our knowledge and support us to become interdisciplinary thinkers who analytically and creatively embrace new ideas. Unlike traditional printed texts where information is accessed sequentially and as a linear whole (that is, read cover-to-cover), information in a wiki is not fixed but fluid and flexible such as other web2.0 technologies (Ferris & Wilder, 2008), we, the collaborators in Wiki are always encouraged to be prepared to communicate with diverse fields of knowledge.
Now, it's the age when we refer smart people it means not a person who simply knows a lot but who can interpret and assimilate new information quickly and easily.
Ferris, S. Pixy and Wilder, Hilary. 2006. Uses and Potentials of Wikis in the Classroom. Retrieved from: http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=258
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I like your post when you commented, "I think Wiki helps us to expand our knowledge and support us to become interdisciplinary thinker who analytically and creatively embraces new ideas".
I suppose that to be an editor requires high communication skills, critical thinking skills, and etc. In school settings, It is gonna be fun if one class can do activities like wikibook, and some people experience being an editor to organize the team and writing. It would be difficult in wikibook because it is online publishing, but we can do wikibook-like activities in class.
This sounds fun.
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