My knowledge of a wiki was more limited than I thought before I read this peice. Before, I just thought that wiki stood for "What I Know Is" and was a random fact posted by some body on Wikipedia. I now know that it is a fully costomisable web page or source of information that allows people to put in their knowledge on a subject through a quick and informal manner. One of the advantages as put by Cathlena Martin is, " ...a wiki solidifies and contains this process, archiving the students' projects online and making them available for the rest of the class to see." Instead of having a group of students present a topic in front of their class, a wiki will allow them to present said topic in a way that will enable the rest of the class to access that information at any given time, rather than having to soak up all the info. at once. One disadvantage would be the lack of authority on a wiki, when some one wants to change what's on the page there's nothing that can stop them aside from the next person who edits it, unless of course it's password protected. I guess in a wiki he who laughs last laughs best.
Cherry Dots
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
34 candied cherries
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in milk and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour and salt.
Divide the dough into two equal pieces, and shape each half into a 12 inch roll on a sheet of waxed paper. Place 17 candied cherries side by side on top of each roll, and press into the roll until the cherries are centered. Mold dough around cherries. Sprinkle the outside evenly with chopped walnuts. Wrap the dough in the waxed paper, and refrigerate 4 hours to overnight.
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cut each roll into 1/4 inch slices, and place the slices onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes
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I always feel like I should bake after reading your blog entries. I had never heard of the "What I Know Is" acronym, but that's kind of interesting given the user-created spaces that wikis end up as.
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