Wikis have become an integral part of the Internet. In fact, it's almost a given that if something exists, there's a wiki for it somewhere on the Internet. I was first introduced to wikis through Wikipedia (or as I only-somewhat-jokingly call it, the One Wiki to Rule Them All), which quickly became a staple in high school and college as a "jumping off" point for doing further research into a topic. I soon found other uses for wikis, though, as sites like Wikia started developing fan community wikis for video games, PC modding projects, and more. I am very familiar with reading, using, and even contributing to wikis, but I had never considered using them for education until I started working on this "thing" for the blog.
When looking through the suggested wikis, I really liked
Welker's Wikinomics - it has everything you'd need to teach economics at the high school level. It even includes special sub-units for AP or IB Economics courses, which means that you have a flexible curriculum, already in place! It would make a great supplement for any high school (and even freshman collegiate) economics classes.
I will post the link to my created wiki at a later date.
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