Great Collaboration with Wikis

Great Collaboration with

Wikis

What is a wiki? Wiki wiki means quick or fast. An easy-to-use web page/website that

multiple people can edit without knowing HTML or other coding.

Two kinds: Wiki farms DIY wikis

With a wiki you can … Create

a database a paper Portfolio Project Meeting

Publish Comment Converse

Post ideas Respond Share Edit Collaborate Engage

Wiki Advantages Accessible anywhere with a web browser Multiple authors Promote collaboration and negotiation - involvement Easy - No knowledge of HTML needed Familiar Point-and-click editor No version issues with software Edits are time-stamped (you know when changes and

sometimes who made them) Easily revert to previous version

You have a history of every edit

You are notified of every change

Wiki Drawbacks Disorganized Concurrent editing Too open Evaluation is complicated Vandalism and spam

YOU control who sees your wiki

You set the password.You choose who participates.

Examples of wikis Wiki Wiki Web http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWeb the original project

wikiHow http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page the How-to manual you can edit

Flu Wiki http://www.fluwikie.com/ Mitt Romney in 2012 http://myclob.pbwiki.com/

Education 2.0 Wiki http://edu20.wikispaces.com/

SmallBusiness.com http://www.smallbusiness.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Tips for working in a wiki Small edits Communicate Use the history Discuss Refresh before writing Negotiate

Useful websitesYummy WikiStyle

http://yummy.pbwiki.com/WikiStyle explains basic formatting

PBwiki Central AdvancedWikiStylehttp://pbwikicentral.pbwiki.com/AdvancedWikiStyle

WikiMatrix http://www.wikimatrix.org a comparison of different wiki software options

Free places to create wikis PBWiki www.pbwiki.com Seedwiki www.seedwiki.com Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com

Make a free wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwich!

Set it up and it worksjust like typing in Microsoft Word

Creating a new page on your wikiThere are two ways to create pages. New page button (or create button) Create a new link

Click to “Edit Page” you’re linking from Type your text Highlight it Click the link button

Templates can be used to automatically create a formatted page with either of these options.

Please play! http://ritaswikisandbox.pbwiki.com/FrontPage