Wikis - I find Wikis can be quite useful for staff and students when ground rules have been firmly established. In terms of staff it's more about collegial sharing and EVERYONE sharing not just a few while everyone else just reads and reaps the benefits. With students its more about acceptable behaviour, using positive language, constructive criticism and like the staff ensuring everyone participates. Some of the Wiki sites out there are terrible and some of the better ones have gone private (need to pay money) but generally they are fairly user friendly for most people.
Nings - Great with staff but I generally find they don't work as well with students. Back when nings were newer (and more free) a colleague did a pilot study with some top students and it worked well. But when it was expanded into entire classes it became too facebook like - and facebook is the bane of pastoral teachers everywhere. The Gifted Education ning is a good example of one working well - a lot of time has obviously gone into it.
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