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=Welcome to Our Wiki!! =

** Why Wiki? **

A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant: you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection. A wiki is continuously “under revision.” It is a living collaboration whose purpose is the sharing of the creative process and product by many. One famous example is Wiki-pedia, an online encyclopedia with no “authors” but millions of contributors and editors. The word "wiki" comes from Hawaiian language, meaning "quick" or "fast."

__//** Why Use Wiki? **//__

Build greater connections between new and old knowledge by allowing student-created structure for the information and ideas. Build on the best of Bloom: Students use synthesis and evaluation constantly and consistently when they work on a wiki.
 * // Connections //**

Build creativity skills, especially elaboration and fluency. Build creative flexibility in accepting others’ edits! Introduce and reinforce the idea that a creative piece is never “done.”
 * // Creativity //**

Increase engagement of all students. In lieu of being passive “consumers” of their peers’ presentations, wiki makers respond, change, and improve.
 * // Engagement[[image:bird.jpg width="135" height="103" align="right"]] //**

Develop interpersonal and communication skills, especially consensus-building and compromise, in an environment where the product motivates interpersonal problem-solving. Develop true teamwork skills.
 * // Interpersonal //**

Improve the most challenging phase of writing process: revision, revision, revision! Increase flexibility to consider other ways of saying things Build an awareness of a wider, more authentic audience.
 * // Writing //**

Stimulate discussion and metacognition. Help students articulate issues about ownership, finding, different conceptualizations of the same content. These can be sophisticated challenges, even for the best students.
 * // Metacognition //**