Week Nine was wiki week. the readings exposed me to many things, including wikimatrix, a great tool to discern which wiki creator is best suited to your needs. I have to admit that my knowledge of wikis is very limited. Before creating the wiki for this class, the only exposure I had to editing or creating wikis was adding a comma to a Wikipedia article.
I still have reservations about using wikis, mostly due to my own ignorance. Although there are some limitations to wikis in general. I assume that the choice of wetpaint for the class wiki was due to it being free and having some good features. However, I noticed when editing the wiki that simulataneous editing wasn't possible.
I know that I won't feel comfortable until I have further experience with wikis. To get this experience, i plan to create a wiki for my extended family's Adirondack vacation, with discussion forums and news pages. Hopefully it will free us of the horrible email listserve that we currently employ.
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