Another quick one as I was introduced to wikispaces several years ago - first when I had to use it as part of discussion posts for a course through Canberra Uni - and later through Michael Pate when he shared how he used wikispaces at Emmaus for their transition program.
I love wikispaces - not as neat and clean as Edmodo, but it is quite versatile. i have now used for three year-end prorgams for year 10 both at Delany, and next week at DLSA. Also used wikispaces for a Year 7 unit of work on "Journeys" last year - student groups had their own pages, and the whole form was on the one site. Kids could see each other's work, all the course materials and links were posted, and kids could even upload their final projects/digital stories to the wiki. The fact that it can be accessed as an educational site is even better. I find wikis better in this respect that Edmodo when students are working on a project collaboratively as it is a bit like each group having their own whiteboard/creative space.
I have also used wikis for Year 12 SOR for discussion space and links/uploads, and this year introduced Year 9 RE to wikis for their iLearn project. The teachers involved mastered how to use the space quickly as well. Interestingly, a colleague of mine who was interested in wikispace for HIS yr 12 SOR introduced it - and the kids complained about why they needed to use the wiki when other teachers were using Edmodo. As I have explored various formats, and learning to discern which format is best suited to which purpose - and the interconnectedness of everything on the net makes it easy to start with one platform and provide links to another...the best of all worlds!
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