Wikis will be a good tool to use in class. Every student can collaborate and share; and some of the ideas I've seen will definitely work for my classroom. I can see how it can be another type of social networking, specially for teachers and librarians: sharing ideas, activities, resources.
However, other than for school, I'm kind of reluctant of the other wikis and the idea that ANYONE can make changes. I mean, you will have to rely on that people will be responsible, honest and knowledgeable of what they're talking about. What about just wacko people making changes?I mean, I don't want to sound rude, but there are crazy people out there who won't mind messing with information of someone that they don't know. And spam? I'm sure they'll want to take advantage of this "free editing" thing. And maybe I'm not completely informed, and there are ways to protect your wikis and actually know who edited something, and have some control on who is changing stuff. But that was the first concern that entered my mind when reading about wikis. I'll be exploring it more deeply to find out how it really works.
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