Work Wikis

 
A collaborative blog would be a great way for colleagues to exchange ideas.  I don't know of an organization--family, school, government, or corporation-- that wouldn't benefit from increased quality communication.  In the K-12 environment, an easy and continuous exchange of ideas outside of weekly or monthly department and faculty meetings would facilitate greater problem solving and planning.  For example, if the English department had a blog, the department head could post an agenda and solicit comments and contributions from other members of the department prior to the meeting.  Instead of leaving a meeting with a collection of papers, the contents--lists, calendars, etc--could be posted on the blog.  You would never need to search your desk for lost papers, and teachers who were unable to attend the meeting could locate pertinent documents, dates, etc. on the blog.  

My county uses Bb, which has the tools necessary for department/grade level blogs and wikis.  What we don't have enough of is TRAINING. Also administration appears to lack the confidence or initiative to use these technology tools and to create "opportunities" for the faculty to learn/use the tools.  I look forward to greater implementation of these tools in the school environment.