Common+Craft

=**Wikis are NOT Web pages or Blogs! **= In order to move towards an educational model that embraces technology and 21st Century skills integration, it is vital that leadership members become experts in the various tools and strategies. Unlike a traditional webpage, a wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content. It is similar to a blog in the way that it is a collaborative collection of ideas and sentiment.

Wikis have many similarities and differences when you compare them with blogs and traditional websites. The table below shows you a side-by-side comparison between all three.

 = = **//Wikis// are quickly becoming one of the most effective Web 2.0 tools leading the change towards this new environment for learning. Your first visit on this virtual field trip is to __search and find__ a video made by Common Craft entitled //Wikis in Plain English// for a thoughtful, real life explanation of wikis. Click on the link to GOOGLE SEARCH below to get started.**

**Use this opportunity to teach or reinforce web searching strategies.

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