What+is+a+wiki?

Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. || []
 * Q1. What is a wiki? **
 * Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

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 * Q2. What are two advantages of using a wiki? **
 * **1. ** **Wikis Simplify Editing Your Website: ** Each page on a wiki has an Edit link. If you want to change something on the page, click the link, and the wiki will display a simple editing screen. When you finish making changes, submit them by clicking a button, and, Voila! Your changes show up on the Website.
 * 2. Wikis Use Simple Markup: ** Even for geeky types like me, thinking about [|HTML] and formatting gets in the way of good, clear writing. Wikis solve this problem by writing the HTML for you -- you only need to learn a few simple markup rules. These rules are designed to make wiki markup easy to write and read by real people.

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1. It's creation can be expensive sometimes because high tech equipment may be required 2. The viewer of a digital portofolio may need special software or knowlenge. ||
 * Q3. Give two disadvantages of using a wiki. **
 * **Two disadvantages of using a wiki are the follows: **
 * Q4. Visit the wiki at http://room17math.wikispaces.com/ . Answer the following: **
 * A) What is the name of the wiki? (B) Who uses this wiki ? (C) What does it contain? **
 * **(A) room 17 math ** **wiki **
 * (B) ** This is the site for student led math portfolios
 * (C) Maths portofolios ** ||
 * Q5. Go to the ‘Discussion’ part of this wiki. Check Raiden’s message and answer: **
 * (A) When was this message posted? (B) What does Raiden’s message say? Copy it. **
 * **A) Posted Mar 7 2007 9:20 p.m **
 * Β) ** **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 ** ||