For my second project, I decided that I would like to experiment with using a wiki because I was curious to learn more about a tool that could be used for collaborative work among students and professionals. In the section of our book titled, "Tools to Communicate and Collaborate" it states that wikis help to address the instructional problems of collaborative writing. Each member of the group is allowed to contribute and edit within an ever growing document.

I chose to use the Google Docs tool for my project. I found that it was easy to use and I liked that I could choose by invitation who had access to the wiki. A nice feature was the chat bar on the side of the document that allowed for communication with the group members about ideas for our project before someone changed something unexpectedly. I'm sure this would be very helpful when working on a "real"project especially if there were many other group members.


Google Docs is well respected. It requires only a basic level of expertise to use. It can be accessed through the web, is generally accessible with keyboard shortcuts and is compatible with screen readers.

The OEST standards that this would help meet are: 1(b), 2(a,b,d), 3 (a,b,c,d), 4(b), 5(b)