Thing 15

WIKIS!!

I like wikis. What a great way to get all students involved on a project. I know I have used one a few times in other classes when creating  study guides for upcoming tests. Our professor would post possible questions that could be asked and we worked as a team to answer the questions in order to create a guide to study by. Wikis are extremely easy to use, but I think it needs to be made clear what the boundaries of a wiki consist of. Users need to be aware that altering another person's work without consulting him/her first is not the best thing to do. Wikis should be used to add more information and explain unclear concepts from another perspective.
This is what I added to Sandbox.
{Hi, I'm Amanda. Just here to play around with the wiki. Below I have pasted a section of Thing 6 from my blog, my favorite web 2.0 app.
 Below that is a puzzle I created from Thing 8.
2.0 Tool I like....JamLegend
Ok, let me start by saying I am NOT a gamer at all.  I have never been good at any type of electronic game, and never cared that I stunk at games because games are not my thing. BUT the first time I played Guitar Hero, I had a blast. Jamlegend is very similar to Guitar Hero and can be played online using the number keys on the keyboard.
Pros-

• user friendly
• variety of songs to choose from
• different levels of challange
• can create an account by using Facebook account
• don't have to be a member to play
• can play against computer or other members

Cons-

• don't know many of the songs that are free
• most of the well known songs must be paid for and downloaded
• random advertisements not appropriate for all ages}

I also inserted an image I had created. Making changes to the Wiki was very easy to do .