I find the whole concept of wikis to be very interesting. I know that it would involve social networking around a topic. I read several wiki's. I loved the "WikiHow-to" Website. I looked at several of the videos like how to escape from a locked car trunk, how to be safe from nuclear attack, getting a total body workout in five minutes. They were very interesting and informational. I have to admit that I don't quite get the "big idea" behind "wikis". I went on the educational website as well. I enjoyed looking at the student wikis around "themes" or school projects.
One thing I realized was that I don't feel inspired in any way to start my own wiki. It doesn't quite make sense to me. If I chose a topic, how do I know that information people would be sharing with me is credible and viable. We could be swapping "error" or ignorance. Information reliability would be one hurdle for me to overcome. Please enlighten me as to the big idea behind wikis. I am feeling a little "dumb" on this one. Most of the Web 2.0 tools made a lot of sense to me so I could draw applications for my work from them...but not wikis...unfortunately! (;(. Oh well, I see the next thing is to create a wiki; perhaps in doing so, I will get a clearer understanding of the possibilities and potential of this tool. Here's hoping so...the verdict is out for now... I'll get back to you on this one!
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The "big idea" behind a wiki is that it is an easy to create collaborative web site to which many people can contribute. As you've mentioned that opens up the accuracy of information issue, but that is an overall characteristic of Web 2.0 in general. So... we depend on communities of users to contribute responsibly and we depend on ourselves to be literate and responsible consumers of information. Probably not a very satisfying response. How would others reply?
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