What+is+a+wiki

 **Q1. What is a wiki?** [] || **Q2. What are two advantages of using a wiki? ** || (http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/What_is_a_wiki/Advantages_and_disadvantages#Advantages) (http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/What_is_a_wiki/Advantages_and_disadvantages#Advantages) || **Q4. Visit the wiki at http://room17math.wikispaces.com/. Answer the following: **  || **Q5. Go to the ‘Discussion’ part of this wiki. Check Raiden’s message and answer: **
 * Wiki is software that handles complex problems with simple solutions. A wiki can be used for a large variety of tasks from personal- note taking to collaborating online, creating an internal knowledge base, assembling an online community and managing a traditional website.
 * * anyone can edit
 * easy to use and learn
 * Q3. Give two disadvantages of using a wiki. **
 * * Anyone can edit so this may be too open for some applications, for example confidential documentation. However it is possible to regulate user access.
 * The flexibility of a wiki's structure can mean that information becomes disorganised. As a wiki grows, the community plans and administers the structure collaboratively.
 * A) What is the name of the wiki? (B) Who uses this wiki ? (C) What does it contain? **
 * **(A) ****Room17math **
 * (B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ****<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Math students **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(C)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ****<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maths portfolios **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(A) When was this message posted? (B) What does Raiden’s message say? Copy it. **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ****<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">March 7, 2007, 9:20 **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Hello everyone,
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Hello everyone,

I was just cruising around your wikispace.. and these students seem to be taking full advantage of it. Nice to see more classes and schools using it as a learning and studying tool.

Hello from Canada! =P <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||