Sunday, April 20, 2008

Thing 10 - Wikis

Wiki's are still a hard concept for me to wrap my mind around. I have a hard time with something that anyone can go into and change. If a library was going to start their own wiki, I would want to make sure that there were controls on who could edit and to make sure someone was checking the validity of the edits.

I think it is a good idea that many teachers have banned the use of wikis for research. Although I'm sure not all wikis are the same, how could a student distinguish between a "good" and "bad" wiki with valid information or invalid information.

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