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I have very little experience with wikis. So reading this article helped to shed some light on the purpose of them. The fact that anyone can edit the wiki from anywhere is a new concept to me, and one that could be interesting to use with my second graders. I like that it encourages ongoing documentation of learning and thoughts. It makes sense that the whole wiki idea works best with open-ended questions and assignments. What a great way to show students that sometimes questions have more than one possible answer! As far as classroom implementation is concerned, without much background knowledge about wikis, I think that I could bring them into my reading/writing instruction. One thought I have is to develop a book review wiki, where students can write responses to books we read as a class and that they read individually. I would love to invite other second grade students in our county to participate as well. One challenge would be the students' writing abilities and typing skills. Those factors could interfere with the idea of the wiki. But with practice and proper editing, we should be able to get past that. Hew, K.F. and Cheung, W.S. (2009). Use of wikis in k-12 and higher education; A review of the research. Int. J. Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning. Vol. 19, Nos. 2/3, pg. 141-165.