Wiki Review

I found a great wiki called Art4cast http://art4cast.wikispaces.com/ that is written by Rosemary Mitchell from Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Utah.  She is an art specialist and she uses the wiki to communicate with the 30 teachers in her area.

Obviously a lot of the information that is on their wiki is specialized to their region.  However, there are a lot of videos and other information on it that can provide me with great ideas as an art teacher.

 There is a section which provides links to other sites and resources that relate to many different art concepts and subjects. There is a section devoted to art advocacy.  And I really enjoyed the film about their art-based community project "Procession of the Species."

I think it has a great layout and color scheme for an art wiki.  The links are accurate, it is up to date and relevant.  A helpful navigation bar is on the left.  I'm not a fan of the revolving text in one place, I find it distracting, but other than that I think it is a very successful wiki.  I think they must have a great art program from what it shows.