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Welcome to the KEY program wiki. What is a wiki you might ask? According to Wikipedia, a wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone** with access to contribute or modify content. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative website [|Wikipedia] is perhaps the best know example of a wiki. The term 'wiki' actually is derived from the term 'wiki wiki' which means super fast in the Hawaiian language. **


 * If you would like to have discussions about anything that comes up, please go to the **Discussion Tab ** and share ideas / start conversations. **


 * For those of you who are more visual learners here is a video that further explains what a wiki is. **

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 * "In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." // Eric Hoffer //**


 * The goal of this wiki is to allow us to collaborate together as a class on certain topics even though we are all working on different subjects and grades. The wiki is great for letting us express our opinions on certain subjects and also seeing others opinions on those same subjects. We have moved from Web 1.0 to the read / write web. We used to accept that the web was somewhere we would go and "surf" for information. Now in the Web 2.0 world, we want to collaborate and participate. With great freedom also comes great responsibility. Many of us have never been taught the proper way to use this internet. Many kids don't realize that what they "put out there" in cyberspace can follow them for a lifetime. In fact many employers are now checking out prospective employees by visiting there facebook or myspace profiles. So the next time you write something on a webpage or post a picture think about ten or twenty years from now and if you would like your prospective boss to read / see it or even worse your kids! **

Using this wiki requires a level of maturity and responsibility. As you will find out the wiki allows you to post any content you like. The downside of this technology is that a person can change another person's work. For instance an irresponsible person that lacks maturity could post inappropriate content, write profanities, even sabotage other people's work. Thankfully this is a protected wiki and only people I invite can make changes to it. **IMPORTANT -** **The software tracks each user and every change each user makes from the point they are invited to join the wiki. So if anyone does feel the need to post something inappropriate, write profanities or sabotage other people's work on this wiki I will know who did it and the day and time that they did it. Think of this wiki as a virtual classroom and all the same rules apply.**