What+is+a+wiki?

=** What is a wiki? **=
 * A wiki can be thought of as a combination of a web site and Word document that can collaboratively be edited.
 * A wiki also has the ability to keep track of the history of a docoument as it is revised.
 * It is meant to be collective, collaborative and a reflection of the users' changing knowledge.
 * Wiki means "fast" in Hawaiian. Others think of the term wiki as "**W**hat **I** **K**now **I**s"
 * Wikis require no special programming or HTML skills, just click, type and go!

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Popular Wikis
[|Wikipedia] is by far the most visited wiki on the internet, but your classroom wiki will begin much smaller. Together with your students it can grow as large as you like.

Where can I create a wiki?
[|Wikispaces], [|PBWiki], and [|WetPaint] are all sites where wikis can be created quickly and easily for little or no fee. Educators often have special benefits when creating user accounts so be sure to investigate those perks.