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A wiki is a webpage that allows multiple users to collaboratively edit and create content immediately visible to all. Wikis are used to create collections of shared articles, documents, and materials. They have advantages like anyone can edit, changes are immediate, and many hands make light work, but also disadvantages like potential misinformation if not monitored and lack of authority of authors. Wikis work best when users feel ownership over the content and discourse remains respectful.
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Edcowiki
- 2. What’s a Wiki? Hawaiian for “quick” or “informal” A webpage with content created by and edited by multiple users, with immediate results visible to all The software used to create such a webpage Source: http://wikipedia.org/wiki
- 3. Interesting Facts The oldest known wiki is the WikiWikiWeb , created by Ward Cunningham in 1995: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors Wikipedia saw a 154% traffic increase last year (Hitwise) Wikipedia was recently cited as the #1 reference source on the web (HitWise) Has spawned a parody site, the Uncyclopedia , filled with misinformation and utter lies: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/
- 4. How Are Wikis Used? Collections of articles or documents Themed booklists Collections of shared materials (Ellison dies, equipment, etc FAQs on a topic Collaborative student projects (i.e., poems, fanfic, art, book reviews...) Editing policies or other documents Scholarly communication Other???
- 5. Advantages Anyone can edit No HTML required Changes are immediate Pages and links are instant & automatic No one knows everything, but everyone knows something Many hands make light work Edits are easy to view and track Use Web Standards http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/ Other???
- 6. Disadvantages Anyone can edit Misinformation may not get fixed immediately Unfamiliar style (no HTML) Mostly text, few bells & whistles Authority of authors questionable Fictional entries Citation can be challenging Other???
- 7. Why Do Wikis Work? Everyone owns it, so everyone is responsible and feels a sense of ownership Small groups of volunteers are very dedicated The cream rises to the top Wikis generate a culture of knowledge and respect Discourse is courteous Other???
- 8. When Do Wikis Fail? Spam, though discouraged and deleted, still rears it’s ugly head Disagreements occur Entries and threads get off topic Fictional subjects are taken as truth If you feel a sense of personal ownership over your writing, wikis are not for you! Pages not maintained may disappear Other???
- 10. Wikipedia Free online encyclopedia with over 2 million articles in English on a variety of topics 350,000 contributors 25 languages 2 million entries Five times more popular than Google News, Yahoo News or BBC (Hitwise) Nearly as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.wikipedia.org
- 11. WikiNews A wikipedia spin-off that allows anyone to become a journalist http://en.wikinews.org/wiki Free textbooks and book-based texts, (similar to Cliff’s Notes ), subdivided into books for youth and academic titles and projects http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki / Wikibooks WikiBooks
- 12. Examples of Library Wikis
- 13. LIS Wiki The Library and Information Science wiki that anyone can edit, with over 200 articles on topics ranging from advocacy to virtual reference http://liswiki.org/wiki/ Resource of best practices for libraries; articles on collection development, reference, technology, and programming http://www.libsuccess.org Library Success
- 14. YALSA Wiki Advocacy, Committee Work, TRW/TTW planning http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Main_Page For use with blogs and photos http:// teacherlibrarianwiki . pbwiki .com/ Joyce Valenza’s Teacher Librarian Wiki
- 15. EDCO Wiki! Web 2.0 resources http://edcolibrary.wikispaces.com Waltham High School Wiki about wikis by Kendall Boninti http://walthamhigh.wikispaces.com/ WHS Wiki
- 16. CT Nutmeg Wiki Student selected (like the MA Children's Book Award from Salem State). Great model for online book discussion for students. http://nutmeg.wikispaces.com/ Resources about bibliotherapy. Only a few booklists! Contribute! http://bibliotherapy.wikispaces.com/ Bibliotherapy Wiki
- 17. ALA TechSource GLLS2007 Used to promote the event, and then presentations (audio, video, ppt, handouts) were archived here. Excellent resource for Gaming in Libraries! http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page Resources about bibliotherapy. Only a few booklists! Contribute! http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page WoWWiki
- 18. Resources
- 19. Web Resources Wiki Matrix , for comparison of wikis http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Wiki Design Principles , a list of concepts by creator Ward Cunningham http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/WikiDesignPrinciples
- 20. Print Resources Cunningham, Ward and Bo Leuf. The Wiki Way: Collaborating and Sharing the Internet. (Addison-Wesley, 2001) Ebersbach, Anja et al. Wiki: Web Collaboration. (Springer, 2005)
- 21. Wiki Glossary Wiki Farm – website that hosts wikis, so you don’t have to download, install or host anything on your own server, or worry about the programming end of creating a wiki. Wiki Gnome – anonymous poster who bats cleanup, tirelessly making minor edits. Wiki Squatting – using a wiki as free personal webspace
- 22. Wiki Glossary, cont. Wiki Tags – elements that add formatting, such as bold, italics, etc Wikipedian – avid contributor to Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, created and maintained by its users. Sandbox – wiki page for testing and playing Orphan page – abandoned page, often with no links Walled Garden – a series of Wiki pages that link only to one another
- 23. MA Summer Reading Wiki Artwork, Booklists, Resources for the MA SRP http:// masummerreading .pbwiki.com
- 24. Basic Wiki Tags * = bullet ! = headline ** = bold '' = italic | = box NewPage = new page (two or more words strung together with no spaces and capital first letters creates a new page and a link to that page [url|link] to create a web hyperlink