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Please, grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,
The courage to edit the pages I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. From Educase
A wiki is a collaboratively developed and updated website. Website pages are created and edited directly in the web browser (i.e. Firefox, Internet Explorer) by anyone who has been granted rights. Wikis can also be made public or private for viewing and/or editing.
Wikis in Plain English
In Jan 2001, a wealthy options trader named Jerry Wales set out to build a massive online encyclopedia in an entirely new way -- by tapping the collective wisdom of millions of amateur experts, semi-experts, and just regular folks who thought they knew something. The Long Tailp. 65
The first wikis were used by scientists and engineers in the mid-1990s to create dynamic knowledge bases. (From 7 things you should know about... Wikis)
A well-known wiki is WIKIPEDIA - the free encyclopedia
At Grandview, wikis were used with third grade students. Students work independently and collaboratatively on their PB Wikis with classmates. They share their work with the entire class and with other classes in the school.
As noted in a case study, Using Wikis in Schools,
children seem comfortable working alongside their classmates on their own wiki pages, but must build a new repertoire of practices to use wikis "...as a tool for collaborative practice in written content as well as in the negotiation of technical and design aspects."
Also read - this article - Wikis a Glorified WhiteBoard
Kristen's Class ~ I like using wikispaces because the technology doesn't get in the way; a wikispace is essentially a 21st century folder that allows for almost any type of media, emphasizes professionalism, encourages feedback, and lasts as long as you want it to, unlike a notebook that you clear out at the end of each semester. We'll keep coming back to the wikispaces throughout the semester and adding to them, and hopefully by the end of the semester they'll be able to look over their work and their ideas say, "THIS is the little piece of my soul that grew in American Literature,"
Hannah's Wiki ;
Meghan's Wiki ; Brian's Wiki ; Madison's Wiki .
Grandview Libary - In 2005-06our PBWiki project was divided
by classroom into the topic areas below. The students had a chance to explore Wikipedia and learned about the process behind its development. Then, students begin their work individually in the research project organizer using multiple resources. Our initial work with wikis was one topic, one page for each student. The intent was to round robin students into a new topic, allowing them to contribute to content developed by the previous student(s). Alas, time was not on our side and the project was overly ambitious ~ next year we will follow the process but tighten up the scope.
PikiWiki ~ Newest entry (as of 9/12/07) We enable you to use the Web browser as a blank sheet of web paper. You put whatever you want on it. Record your own video clips, photo's from your computer, pdf docs, mp3 files, powerpoint slides, your childs voice, mom's text, sisters photos, website links, photos from Flickr, whatever. Anything can go anywhere on any page. Each page can be totally different, suited to whatever story you want to be told. Anybody (you allow) can add anything to any page. Organize pages into topics and private groups easily. Each page can be just your work, or a casual collaboration by any number of your group members.
