Thing 21

Is there anyone out there who has not used Wikipedia? I know anything you find there must be, how should I say it, "scrutinized", but I must say it sure is easy to find answers there. It makes a good starting point anyway. The video on Wikis showed an interesting example for a collaborative activity that could be adapted for many different uses in the classroom. Someone commented that Lee LeFever seemed over caffeinated. I was wondering if they sped up the video! Next, I tried each of the wikis on the list. The Comparing Hemispheres project was cute and Welker's Wikinomics looked quite extensive. The wikiHow site was interesting. Building the world's largest how-to manual? I wonder who checks the accuracy of the posts? Well, I checked the one on testing the intelligence of your dog. If I don't agree with some of the answers, should I join wikiHow and dispute them? In any case, I was not inspired to create a wiki. I decided that anything I could think of is already out there. My hurdle to creating a wiki would be lack of interest. My wife says overcoming this hurdle would require a brain transplant.