See Michael Shanks' Wiki guidelines for some functions, conditions for success, and tips. And here for basic functions.

An aesthetic: Poverty and Solitude.

For wabi sabi, visit hermitary.org's House of Solitude article: "Wabi and Sabi: The Aesthetics of Solitude." Wabi sabi for a seemingly natural, un-modern, and accidental appearance.

Image from bonsai wabi sabi practicioner Peter Chan's Bonsai Master Class (New York: Sterling, 1988) illustrating the relationships of the aesthetic principles of wabi sabi:

Points raised on Using wiki in education hosted by ikiw.org:

• Easily create simple websites
• Project development with peer review
• Group authoring
• Track a group project: collective document v.s. individual pages
• Data Collection
• Review classes & teachers
• Presentations
• Tracking progress within your research group

How To: Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom by Jennifer New, Edutopia December 2005.

Wiki strategies from Helen Chen, Dan Gilbert, and Jeremy Sabol. For more information about using wikis at Stanford, go to http://ctlwiki.stanford.edu/