Thing 8

1.) What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?
         That you can find information about literally anything! Whether or not ANY of that information can hold water is an entirely different matter. But who cares?! – It’s the magic of the internet!!!

2.) What types of applications within schools and professional organizations might work well with a wiki?
         Once again, getting any information out is noteworthy, but accuracy is always a concern with wikis.

3.) Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?
         Well, I once sat in on a report given on different sections of the brain and when one student reached the hippocampus – they proceeded to at length explain that the hippocampus was a mythical sea horse inside everyone’s head. Students these days have trouble with choosing the correct disambiguation, let alone knowing what’s true or false or fudged. Wikipedia while fun, should not be the go-to place for academic research.

4.) Which wiki did you edit?
         I edited “Rochester, MN” page on Wikipedia by adding my high school (Studio Academy) to the list of Rochester’s high schools.

5.) Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin IV or Physical Graffiti and why?
         Led Zeppelin IV.

~K.