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1.3.4 - Contribute to the exchange of ideas within a learning community.
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3.1.2 - Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners.
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3.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess.
"This is the quintessential collaborative tool! This easy-to-use website allows anyone to write, edit and share content, depending on the permissions granted by the wiki owner.
Tip: Students can use a wiki as a research journal, documenting their progress from beginning questions to finished products, as they receive feedback directly on the wiki from their classroom teacher and librarian."
I've found that all of that is true.
Wikispaces is a great tool to use for class collaborative projects or even in depth class websites if you need a cheap, easy way to make one without coding. It's easy to sign up and wikis used for education get privacy and space for free. Added bonus of being able to track who edits the site and when.
I used this a couple years ago when the 9th grade History classes were working on an Archaeology project that spanned a couple of months. I created a main wiki for the assignment (here), with public settings, as well as a wiki for each civilization being researched. Those were only viewable by the students in that group, their teacher, and me. Each wiki had a collaboration page and a resource page to start with; the students added as needed. After a couple of years the project ended but it's nice to have all of those wikis still available if it ever starts up again.
Unfortunately, the biggest drawback to Wikispaces I have found is that students are not already using it and so are resistant to yet another account they have to check and keep track of. Now that other sites are being developed which are more teacher friendly, such as Haiku, I see Wikispaces disappearing.
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