Wikis are a very useful tool for the classroom. I can use the wiki to communicate information to my students such as course requirements, rubrics for projects (in case they loose them), recipes, etc. Wikis can be used as an electronic notebook, especially for those students who have trouble with organization and misplacing things. In the future, I hope to have students create their own wikis, especially at the 8th grade level. Students can create their cultural brochures on a wiki instead of printing them out and turning them into me, I can view them from the wikispaces. I can have students use http://www.gliffy.com to create diagrams relating to material that is being discussed. I could also use a wiki for students to reflect on cooking labs. 9th grade students could use gliffy.com to create a floor plan for 2 of their projects. It is also a great way for students to learn from each other, and comment on their peers work. I hope access becomes less of an issue so that wikis, and other forms of technology can be used regularly.
Social bookmarking is also very interesting, more for my personal use than for student use. I have added many websites to my blinklist that i will be able to use in the future.