Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Thing 8 - Wiki

Okay. So I ended up using PBWiki. A few problems getting access to the actual document but I was finally able to get access and its very simple. Of course, I did have to get some directing first of where to find it...but once I found my way....easy as breathing air.

The Wiki Concept: its a great source if you want to know simple things like where the origin of ORANGES came from...etc...the only problem is that not everyone out there believes that it came from Southeast Asia. Well...not my dad anyways. :D (You'll have to ask me about that one).

Types of application that Wiki would possible provide for me within the schools and a professional organization....hmmmm....to be honest...I don't really know if it would benefit me...since the faculty at school sort of bans Wikipedia as a source for research....honestly...because of the fact that people can edit to their liking, I also wouldn't hold it as a reliable source only because of that. Of course, you could also argue that everyone finds their source from other credible sources, so in the end, its all true anyways right?

I decided to edit our 16 things "The Ultimate Dream Supply Kit" wiki and added my own idea. Wiki is actually really easy....which makes things really hard when you want to use it as a credible source. So will I be using Wiki next time? Probably not.

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