The Wiki Wave

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The Wiki Wave

• Mary Somers Melissa Harris

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Wiki Defined

• A website that allows visitors to add, remove,
  and edit content.
• Allows for linking among any number of pages.
• An effective tool for mass collaborative
  authoring.
• (from Wikipedia, a wiki encyclopedia at
  http//www.wikipedia.com)

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Wiki History

• The first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, was made public in
  1995 (http//c2.com/cgi/wiki?FrontPage)
• Based on HyperCard, an Apple Computer program
  released in 1987.
• Predating the Internet, HyperCard created
  hyperlinks between virtual data cards that could
  contain text or graphics.

The word wiki is Hawaiian, meaning quick
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Wiki Criticism

• Open-source wikis have been criticized for their
  reliability.
• Individuals may maliciously introduce false or
  misleading content.
• Users must rely on the user community to catch
  and correct malicious content.
• Wikis in general make a basic assumption of the
  goodness of people.

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Possible Solutions

• Some wiki sites offer password protection or
  watching as part of their free hosting
  service.
• http//www.cospire.com
• http//www.bluwiki.com
• http//www.wetpaint.com
• http//www.wikia.com
• http//www.pmwiki.org
• http//www.seedwiki.com
• http//www.pbwiki.com

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Spotlight PBwiki

• As easy as making a peanut butter jelly
  sandwich
• Features
• 5 Gigabytes of space
• Can be public or private
• Pre-made designs
• Unlimited pages
• Lockable pages
• Access controls

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Education Wiki Examples

• http//cas100b.pbwiki.com/ Effective Speech _at_
  Penn State
• http//sclaw06.pbwiki.com/ School Law _at_ Western
  Illinois University
• http//cmp217-s07.pbwiki.com/ C Programming _at_
  Nassau Community College
• http//booklovers.pbwiki.com/Book reviews by
  Princeton Public Library patrons

More examples best practices at
http//educators.pbwiki.com/
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Wikiality

• From the Colbert Report
• http//www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jht
  ml?ml_video72347