College Life Today

The Internet is one of the greatest educational tools to come along since one room school houses put up the first blackboards. On the internet, there are endless ways to help college students in their studies. One of the best organizational tools to come along for college research papers is a Wiki. Many students find that using a Wiki to organize information gathered on a research paper is a great way to keep notes all in one place and access them easier.

The word Wiki comes from the Hawaiian word for “quick”. A Wiki is created with software that can be quickly edited, changed and adapted to a conversational style of information management. Since information found on the internet can change frequently, the ability to update and change the information in the Wiki is important for the college student tracking a story, news item or adding to and subtracting sources.

Wiki’s can also be used for collaborative projects. Say several students are working on one research paper or term paper project. The Wiki can be used as a central storage for information. It also can contain written research that may be added to or changed by anyone that has permission to access the Wiki. It is a terrific idea for Professor’s to encourage the use of Wikis in their classes for collaborative projects.

One Wiki I found that illustrates the terrific use of this medium for college students comes from a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon, Sean McLaughlin. Check it out and notice how Sean has his research papers stored on the Wiki along with working drafts of the ones he is gathering information for and still writing.

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