Web 2.0

I am beginning to understand Web 2.0. So far, I find it very interesting. The first tutorial on wikis was about a group getting set up for a camping trip which was right up my alley! I intend to create one for the hiking group I lead to the BWCA each year. I also tried my hand at creating a 6th grade team wiki this week. Our PLC team meetings could use so many things that a wiki provides that I am pretty excited about it. I hope to go over what a wiki is with the group this Friday at our meeting and then even go into what a googledoc is. Not to be negative, but I know I will have some convincing to do with some of the team members who are not very computer savvy. When I see how useful it is and that wikis are being used at the H.S. it frustrates me. I asked our librarian/technology expert why we can't use these at the middle school level and she explained that it is because we can't allow middle school students to have email accounts. I still find that very frustrating. Are other middle schools using this technology? I read somewhere that other middle schools post questions on their website and students email in their answers to win prizes! Eventually I think it will trickle down to the middle school level.