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This article gave us a lot of food for thought as we learned about wikis being in the classroom. It gave clarity to the pit falls that are going to happen if the class doesn’t have scaffolded support from a teacher in a facilitating role for student learning. Students can only react in ways they have been exposed to, hence the title, " I Don’t Care Do UR Own Page," would be the natural reaction.

Original article:

These are several pitfalls and mistakes that Grant identified in her article. 1. //No participation in collaborative research and writing// The students "took ownership of particular pages and strongly asserted their responsibility for it" (p. 109)
 * Mistakes the students made:**

2. //No community of practice// There was a reluctance to edit others work and "students did not view the ability to edit each others work as useful or desirable" (p. 110)

3. //No Knowledge building// The students "focused on selection of content rather than developing ideas" (p. 112). They did however, support each other in visual design and technical skills.

4. //No collaboration in terms of "collective cognition"// The students were reluctant to embrace collective ownership and fell back into the traditional role of "individual ownership" (p. 113)

1. //Scaffolding/ Modeling the project// The teacher did not model how their students should participate and collaborate but instead stepped back from the project, giving students complete independence.
 * Mistakes that the teacher made:**

2. //Assessment// The students were individually assessed on their personal contributions instead of assessing the whole project.

3. //Authenticity of Project// The students did not perceive the activity as having an authentic audience as they were writing for their teachers and were being individually assessed.