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Escher’s Drawing Hands (1948) seems to best illustrate Wikishttp://www.mcescher.com/

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WelcomeIntroduction to Wikis

Kevin LimEducational Technology Center

University at Buffalo(2 hour workshop)

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Wiki examples

Source: http://www.writely.com

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Wiki examples

Source: http://theory.wikispaces.com

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Wiki examples

Source: http://www.softwaregarden.com/wkcalpha/

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1. What is a Wiki?

2. How Wiki Works

3. Examples of Wiki

4. How to use a Wiki

5. Open Discussion

AgendaWiki Workshop

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•The first Wiki, WikiWikiWeb, was created by Ward Cunningham in 1995

•Named after Hawaiian bus service, Wiki Wiki

•“The simplest online database that could possibly work” - Ward

•Allows users to easily create and edit Web pages using any Web browser

•Encourages democratic use of Web• Source: http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki

What is a Wiki?

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How Wiki WorksHow Wiki Works

Source: http://www.communitywiki.org/fr/HowWikiWorks

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Anatomy of Wikipedia: Normal View

* key interaction areas

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Anatomy of Wikipedia: Editing View

* key interaction areas

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Anatomy of Wikipedia: Revision View

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• Easily create simple websites

• Project development with peer review

• Group authoring

• Track a group project

• Data Collection

• Review classes & teachers

• Presentations• Source: http://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?

title=Using_wiki_in_education

Why Wiki?Using Wiki in Education

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Wiki Comparison Are you using the right wiki?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software

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• Public, protected, and private wikis at yourname.wikispaces.com

• Features WYSIWYG and plain wikitext editing

• Supported by text ads

• No limits on number of pages, members, or space

• Has integrated discussion areas

• RSS feeds for page changes and messages

• Backups of Wiki in zip or tgz format

• Revision management

Why Wikispaces?Breakdown of features

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Wikispaces

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Wikispaces

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Wikispaces

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Wikispaces

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Wikispaces

Go into Live Demo

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Text

Based on Dion’s RSS illustration at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionh/62142614/

RSSthe “plumbing” of our living web

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References also available at:http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=769

Wikipedia: Wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Wikibooks: How to start a Wikihttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki

Wikipedia: How to Edit a Pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page

Free Wiki has demos, screenshots, and general info on Wikis.http://www.freewiki.info/

A Comprehensive Wiki Comparison Enginehttp://www.wikimatrix.org/

Using Wiki in Educationhttp://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education

ReferencesRelated Wiki Links

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Blogs & Wikis: contributing to the e-dialogRecordings of an ETC Discussion Forum held on September 28th, 2005, provided by Professor Alex Halavais

Weblogs and collaborative web publishing as learning spaces. Halavais, A. (In press). In J. Weiss, J. Nolan, and P. Trifonas (Eds.), International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments. Springer.

Handbook for Bloggers and CyberdissidentsReporters Without Borders.http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge University Press. Wenger, E. (1998).

ReferencesRelated Blog Readings