2.+What's+the+big+deal?

=What's the big deal about wikis?=

The big deal is that this format of collaboration can be used in many different settings.

 * Any type of **business**
 * All forms of **education**
 * Many aspects of your **personal** life

There are many websites that allow you to create your own wiki. We'll look at just two.

 * wikispaces.com
 * PBworks.com

Let's take a look at how PBworks.com says wikis can help a business.

 * Click here to see a tutorial.

You've now seen a little bit of how a wiki can help a business. Now let's look at education. Do people just use these for a classroom, or can you do more with wiki?

 * Take a look.

Now that you've seen how an entire school district uses wikis, is there a way that you could use this in your classroom?

 * Click here to get some ideas.