An Introduction to the Wonderful World of Wikis Technology Presentation by Earl Bergquist Featuring Wikispaces! Wiki: is a collaborative website whose content is created and updated by its users allows users to store, share, link and update information very easily and quickly Wikis have become a very powerful on line communications tool. Example: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org), which has over:http://en.wikipedia.org 3 million articles 20 million pages 12 million contributors and is used by millions daily. History The first Wiki site was created by Ward Cunningham in 1995 as the WikiWikiWeb, named after the swift "Wiki-Wiki shuttle busses at the Honolulu Airport. Ward Cunningham did not want to call his site the "quick- web", and used the "Wiki" as an alliterative alternative. Wiki = "What I Know Is?? Wikis today There is a variety of software to create Wikis and most are free and open source, making them very attractive to use. In addition there are many websites that allow the creation of public and private Wiki's by the general public and companies. Internal private Wiki's are used by many businesses & educational institutions around the globe Public wiki's share information for groups of every kind, like the Wookiepedia for Star Wars information. Navigation by Links: Wiki relies on links between pages more than Searching or Browsing of page hierarchy (Wikipedia example)Wikipedia example Easy to Edit & Save pages: users are allowed to update pages adding information and correcting them. (Webspaces demo page)Webspaces demo page Linking pages: it is simple to add links for ease of navigation. Create New pages: adding new pages is frictionless allowing more information to be accumulated. View History: all changes to a page are recorded along with the time and users identity. Wiki relies on links between pages more than Searching or Browsing of page hierarchy. For example this Wikipedia page (on Wiki): Users are allowed to update pages adding information and correcting them. Linking pages: it is simple to add page links to allow better navigation. Now lets create a page for the link we just created Create New pages: adding new pages is frictionless allowing more information to be accumulated. New Page can also be used to create pages. View History: all changes to a page are recorded along with the time and users identity. The compare buttons show all the changes between two points in time. Collaboration is the primary value of Wikis - it allows multiple individuals to add to and edit a document, not just creating text but also adding images, sound, video and other multi-media details. Users can contribute at any time, whenever it is convenient for them. Wiki can be used to not only distribute information but also collect it efficiently. Pages History maintains accountability of users and allows any lost content to be retrieved if needed. Editing Pages: WYSIWYG text editor A simplified Markup Language (similar to HTML) Page organization: Simple collection of pages Allow Hierarchy structure of pages User Permissions Group user permissions Review & Approval of Content by Administrators Additional Integrated Application Functionality some Wiki software allows pages to include: Videos, Audio, Calendars, Polls, RSS Feeds, Maps, Slideshows, and many more to come. Wikispaces.com is a website which hosts 1.7 million Wikis for over 4.6 million members and donates Wikis for K-12 education classes. Within WikiSpaces, groups & individuals create uniquely named Wikis to contain their pages. Each Wiki is created with one of three permission levels: Public (free) anyone can view and edit pages Protected (free) anyone can view pages but only invited wiki members can edit them. Private (free for educators, otherwise $5 per month) Only invited wiki members can view and edit pages A user can be a member and use multiple Wikis within Wikispaces. Wikispaces Account and Site Pages Pages always have a blue "Wikispaces" header Each pages URL starts with http://www.wikispaces.com My Account Settings, Mail & Dashboard Searches ALL public Wiki's and links to "Create a New Wiki Each Wikis' pages Default to a green header but can have customized page colors. Wikis pages URL begin with http://.wikispaces.com/ followed by the page name. For example our ChooseOne tech assignment page in Renee's choose-new- technology" wiki has the URL:technology.wikispaces.com/Choo seOnetechnology.wikispaces.com/Choo seOne The Wiki is a collection of Pages, which by default are listed in the left column. Teaching With Technology has a collection of eLearning Tips pages: Moving Forward assembles a collection of Classroom Blogs at various levels: Educational Origami: is integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the classroom: Try the Editor Bar Example page, click on this image or link: Wiki Overview: thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:About thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:About Wikis History and Present: Cunningham, Ward ( ), Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki, WikiWikiWeb,retrieved Cunningham, WardCorrespondence on the Etymology of Wikihttp://c2.com/doc/etymology.html Cunningham, Ward ( ), Wiki History, WikiWikiWeb,retrieved Cunningham, WardWiki Historyhttp://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory "The wiki principle". Economist.com. April 20, m?story_id= Retrieved "The wiki principle"http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cf m?story_id= Navigation by Links - Wikipedia pages shown: