I had no idea what Wikis were, let alone how they could be used educationally, until I read the article "What are Wikis (and How to Use One for Your Projects)." Pretty obvious title for the article, but it did help me a lot with figuring out what they were.
The article began by giving a definition of what a wiki is and then went on to further explain it, for those who didn't understand the definition completely, and explained how it can be used for big class projects and projects done between a group of people. They used the very popular website, Wikipedia, as a good example of what a wiki is. After seeing this I realized I actually did know what a wiki was since I am very familiar with Wikipedia, having used it to look up many things while I was in high school.
They then explained that Wikipedia was only one way to use a wiki and then explained how else a wiki can be used. It was a very interesting article and it even gave a few links to websites that can help you choose a wiki based on what you want to use it for and whatnot. I was left with a few questions after reading this though like; Can you edit any website using a wiki? If not, shouldn't they start allowing that? Also, can't wikis be overused and abused by people and turn websites that used to be useful into junk sites that don't help a bit? How can you stop this from happening? I suppose that people who own these websites have control over what is edited on their pages, as wikipedia does. The idea of a wiki also kind of seems like hacking to me, if you can get in to a website and edit information, can't you see other information that may be personal?
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I liked your article, I felt exactly the same way when I saw the topic for this week. But then I dumbly realized that Wikipedia was a wiki. Anyway many of your questions are a big deal to some and therefore do not see wikis as credible sources. I personally think they are great as long as you know to look for the accredidation to legit sources.
I didn't really know what a wiki was either, but I thought it mut had had something to do with or was something like wikipedia. Wikis can be edited by anyone, which can lead to abuse, and false information. Take a look a my article, it had some interestng information, and it mght clear up a few of your questions. Great job Katy!
I had know idea about a wiki let alone ever even heard of a wiki before the other day as well. You questions are concerns are great and I never didnt think about some before you mention them. In reply to your one concern about hacking in and personal information. I dont think that personal information would be accessible especially because there is no hacking involved. I think if a website gives you the option of editing then there would be no need to hack in. Hope my insight helped.
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