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◊ Explain what a wiki is and why you would use a wiki ◊ Describe Wikipedia and how it works, and explain how to create and edit content on Wikipedia ◊ Explain how to evaluate information found on the Internet ◊ Discuss websites you can use to start a wiki ◊ Describe Internet resources that educate people about wikis Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Comprehension Objectives

◊ Set up an account and a wiki on Pbwiki ◊ Edit a wiki page and add pages to a wiki ◊ Add internal and external links to a wiki ◊ Upload content to or embed content on a wiki Activity ObjectivesActivity Objectives Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable groups of people to collectively generate and edit textual information. Wikis are designed to be viewed and edited using nothing more than a Web browser and require no knowledge of HTML coding. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ In 1995, Ward Cunningham deployed the WikiWikiWeb. ◊ Named after the WikiWiki airport shuttle (Wiki is a Hawaiian word that means “fast.” ) Who Invented Wikis? Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Wikis quickly grew in popularity with computer programmers but did not become known to the mainstream public until the creation of Wikipedia in 2001.

◊ Note taking ◊ Group projects ◊ To-do lists ◊ Event planning ◊ Creating a knowledge base Personal Uses of Wikis Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ Project management/planning ◊ Operations and training manuals ◊ Checklists ◊ Business plan development ◊ FAQ documents ◊ Community news/announcements Business Uses of Wikis Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Introducing Wikipedia Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Online encyclopedia Name comes from “wiki” and “encyclopedia” Authored by anyone Launched in 2001 Focuses on collaboration

▫ Topic must be “notable” ▫ Not speculation or original works ▫ Citations to other published sources Goal of Wikipedia? Repository of factual knowledge Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ Formal peer review before publication versus ongoing editing after publication ◊ Copyright of articles ◊ Expectation of accuracy and validity ◊ Censorship Wikipedia versus Traditional Encyclopedias Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ Readers ◊ Writers ◊ Editors ▫ Watchlist ◊ Administrators Wikipedia Roles Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Tracking Wikipedia Revisions IP Address of Editor Click this button to get following page Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ Deleting legitimate information ◊ Inserting irrelevant or nonsensical information ◊ Violating the policies of the wiki (such as adding content that is speculative on Wikipedia) ◊ Inserting links to commercial sites in an attempt to sell products or services Wiki “Vandalism” Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ Who is the author? ◊ Who is the publisher of the information or the owner of the Web site? ◊ What is the relationship of the author to the publisher? ◊ Is the viewpoint biased? ◊ Does the work cite sources? ◊ Is the accuracy of the work verifiable? ◊ Is the information presented current? Evaluating Wikipedia’s Information Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Starting Your Own Wiki Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Can use Wiki farms Find a free wiki service Pbwiki Wikispaces Wikidot

MediaWiki Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

◊ What is the purpose of your wiki? ◊ Should your wiki be visible to everyone? ◊ Who should be able to edit/add to your wiki? ◊ Who will manage the wiki? Wiki Setup and Administration Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Using pbwiki Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 5 permission levels: 1.Administrator 2.Editor 3.Writer 4.Reader 5.Page level only

Inserting Hyperlinks Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Internal links – connect one page to another External links – connect to web pages outside of the wiki

Adding Other Content Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

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