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My wiki space URL is http://cshipe.wikispaces.com/ . Please feel free to check it out. I created it to share motivational quotes and short videos that inspire teachers to keep doing what they love to do - TEACH. There area lot of variables in teaching and it can get stressful at times. Teachers need a pick me up sometimes so I created the above wiki to do just that. We all need a little lift at times in our careers to reinforce why we became educators in the first place. Please feel free to add to the Wiki some of your favorite quotes, sayings, or other inspirational words to continue to inspire fellow educators. A blog is like a diary - I post to it and people comment. A wiki is more collaborative. Ican invite people to add to it their ideas. A wiki is more functional. It is easy to edit, save, add to, and etc... I will be using Wiki's as part of my curriculum as I continue my teaching career from here on out. Today I showed my first graders my State of West Virginia wiki and they loved it. They got a kickout of the dumpr site too. Some potential pitfalls I see with a Wiki include student sabbatage. Students adding misleading info or links. Students will have to follow some typeof rules when it comes to working and creating Wiki's.