I found some of the information on the book lovers Wiki really useful, but I have the feeling that the only people reviewing books (or taking the time to review them) were people who loved the books they were writing about. Did they not read any books they didn't like? Did they read them then not take the time to comment on them? If there's a book not listed does that mean the book wasn't read, or wasn't liked?
I also was frustrated looking at the 2 sample "school" Wikis since I wasn't able to gain access to any of the member discussions. I think that's a very good safeguard since there should be some privacy around student work, and it makes me a little more comfortable sharing personal information on a school site.
I think the community conversations are fantastic. I think that's the direction our GR groups is going on schoolloop and will expand to be a lot more groups over the next few years. Between the GR Ning (mostly teacher-based) and the schoolloop groups (mostly grade-level-based), I think we'll have a functional online community for academic pursuits and conversations. We can share resources and also share ideas.
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