Wikis are a strange and interesting. I am familiar with Wikipedia.org and Wikipedia.com that allow users to add and edit information on postings from individual users. Posting into a Wiki myself was a weird and annoying. The image that I wanted to add refused to appear once I saved it and return the view page, strange.
Wikis used for an educational purpose are not too bad of an idea. I could assign students to work in groups researching, post, and editing each others' information in order to educate the class over a selected topic in a jig-saw activity.
The most interesting and most worrying concern of my mine is the possible misinformation people post on Wikis intentionally or not. As the internet is renowned for spam and "flaming" acts, it is not hard to imagine the possible dangers a Wiki could posse to the reputation of people.
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