half the battle is not enough

My Brilliant Failure: Wikis In Classrooms

Visions of “negotiating meaning”, “knowledge construction” and “student-to-student interaction” swam through my head. I wanted to share with the participants my experience of collaborating in a wiki environment, and how it feels to have someone else edit your document, how you see a concept from someone else’s mind map. … But finally, I ended up using wiki as pumped-up PowerPoint. ”

Interesting story to read for anyong who thinks teh right technology will change/solve everything.