What+is+Wiki?

21st Century Thinking, Teaching, Learning
= = =What is a wiki?= Click on the video below to learn about wiki basics in Common Craft's "Wikis in Plain English":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY




 * But we're not going on a camping trip.**

= What is a wiki, really? = A wiki (Hawaiian for “fast”) is a web space that allows members to collaborate to develop a resource that could include text, spreadsheets, images, slide shows, video, podcasts, web links, calendars, maps, and much more content. This content can then be shared with others for many purposes: education, business, research, finance, government, entertainment,…ad infinitum. Organizers or authors of wikis can invite members only or allow anyone to view the wiki. Organizers also can allow only members or any viewer to edit and upload to the wiki pages. Wikipedia defines wikis and offers a plethora of types of wikis at the following links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software = What are web 2.0 tools? =

The World Wide Web originally was “read only.” Viewers could not interact with the information that they found on the Internet, version 1.0. Web 2.0, today’s Internet, allows viewers to participate in the sites they visit. They can interact with people from around the world, sharing, collaborating, innovating, playing, working, talking, listening, creating, and learning. Web 2.0 might be considered the “read/write” version of the Internet. Web 2.0 tools include eBay, wikis (like Wikipedia), blogs, Google docs and spreadsheets, Skype, and de.licio.us. Click on the link below to learn more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 Web 3.0 is touted as being the upcoming “intelligent web.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_3.0