I introduced my students to my new wiki today (mulloy.pbwiki.com), and they ran with it completely. I introduced them to wikis in general (they all know wikipedia but don't know the editing feature isn't unique to that site) and led them briefly around The Wired Atelier before they started exploring. I find my students need time to "fidget" with the technology before they can really concentrate on the content of the online lessons I do. I assigned them my What is art? reflection to get acquainted with posting; most caught on quickly. Once they found the discussion page, they were rolling. They were discussing facts about the Shepard Fairey/Copyright case I presented, debating points in their arguments, and some even posted insightful comments on the discussion page. It was one of the best intro lessons I've done online; they sparked immediately!
Hopefully their interest will continue. In the mean time, I will get my wiki organized and looking slick with more great content than my students can handle!
I am also working an idea for a lesson involving art criticism and partners making wiki pages to present to class on their critique. That might be a good change of pace from the traditional written art criticism!
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