Thing 10~Wikis

Wiki's could be used for personal or school. An organization could use a wiki to plan events with who is bring what or putting out their schedule of events. I think wiki's could be really good for planning events with many people. I can see people using wiki's for wedding plans when relatives live far apart. Email is nice but you have to start with the old emails and work to the new emails to see the trail of what is going on, which can cause more confusing. I like that you can add your thoughts or opinions and there is a trail as to who added what to the wiki.

Wikipedia can have really useful information but students have to be very careful. Some of our teachers do not allow students to use wikipedia and some limit the use of information they can use with wikipedia. I think that wikipedia has a lot of information but the fact that anyone can edit this informaiton makes it a little less reliable than other websites. I find that if I have to check to make sure the information is correct with another website than why use it.

I decided to explore in the sandbox. I wrote about being in the 23 things in a stick and how it is like a real sandbox. I have never used a wiki before so it was all new to me. I had been to a presentation on wiki's at a Northern Lights Library Network workshop and never taken the time to use it before. I don't know that I will use a wiki any time in the near future. However, I will continue to keep an open mind about it and do more exploring of other wiki's.