It's super simple to create a wiki! It takes no time at all to set up, although I imagine it could take all the time in the world to do all the fun things with it and to get it set up just so. I decided to use WetPaint, just because it sounded fun. After setting my wiki up I did go back and check out the other suggested sites, but WetPaint still sounds more fun. :) I also liked the Educator Ambassador for the site who seemed eager to help ensure success. I even checked out one of his articles for an easy way for students to join the class wiki.
As far as professional uses, WetPaint actually had suggestions listed for how to use wikis in the classroom which I appreciated, especially just getting started with an endeavor like this. I would use wikis for peer reviews, brainstorming, source sharing, creating definitions, cultivating word lists, and for extra-curricular writing and editing like the school newspaper.
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