Thing 15: what's a wiki?

Wikis can be a great resource for a classroom. It can be a place where students can add material or where they can go for answers to homework problems. For all the good that wikis have to offer, they can also be a source of misinformation as well. Many teachers intentionally go to wikipedia and put misinformation to show students that anybody can write whatever they want, and just because it is posted online does not make it a fact. There have been quite a few times in some of my classes where some of my own classmates have quoted things I knew to be untrue. It does not make them look very smart at all. Be careful! I hope everyone liked the changes I made to their posts on our wiki. They were subtle, so you'l have to look hard.