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WIKI’SBrought To You By: Mrs. Swanson and Ms.

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(n.) This is a website that includes the collaboration of work from many different authors. A wiki site allows anyone to edit, delete, or modify the content on the web

The world’s best known wiki is www.wikipedia.org

Want to learn more? Visit wikipedia! Wiki’s in Plain English

What is a wiki???

The first wiki was called WikiWikiWeb. The wiki name was derived from a bus in

Hawaii and means “fast” in Hawaiian On March 15, 2007, the word wiki was

added to the online Oxford English Dictionary

The history of a wiki

They are used to create collaborative community websites

It gives a group of people one common place to work

Why use a wiki???

A typical wiki combines text, files, images, hyperlinks, and other media related to its topic.

Comments from other people

What’s on a wiki?

YES! You have the ability to edit, delete, or modify one or more pages!

You can comment on some wikis!

Is it interactive???

Site Security◦ Anyone can edit the pages

Credibility of authors Legal liabilities and other often unforeseen

consequences. ◦ The release of confidential information.

Can using a wiki be bad?

Do not share your password Never offer any personal information Never post inappropriate pictures Assume what you publish on the Web is

permanent. ◦ Anyone that belongs to your wiki can easily print out

a wiki page or save it to a computer. Use wiki provider sites with clearly stated

terms of use◦ Make sure there is password protection

Keep wiki’s positive and don't use them for slander or to attack others.

Tips for your wiki

PROOFREAD and EDIT your posts◦ You can use

Microsoft Word to spell check

Your posts portray YOU as a person

ALWAYS get permission from your parents to create a wiki

Remember!!!

Now…you get to try to post to our classroom wiki!!!

Now…you get to try it!!!