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I was not very familiar with Wikis before reading this article. I probably knew what everyone else does.....It's not a "legit" source when it comes to scholarly papers because anyone can go on the wiki page and edit in their own facts or opinions and erase someone elses. Some advantages to using wikis have students work together and collaborating to share their own ideas on certain topics. Some disadvantages are students can right some ignorant things, but its a good thing we have teachers who can go on and erase whatever is inappropriate in their eyes. I like how you can make a wiki your own and you can put your own flare on it just if it was your own webpage. You can express yourself on a certain topic just like you can on a social networking program. I really never looked at wikis to have a realtion to social netoworking, but this piece in a way compared it to one."By observing and participating in different parts of each other’s texts, students were able to better understand writing for audiences and the importance of examining their own language and structure". I thought this part of the entry was interesting, because you can learn so much from what others have to say and they can give you their opinion to something that you have written and the best way to learn is from each other.