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Wikis

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Welcome to IL-TCE!

What's a Wiki?

A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add and edit content and is especially suited for collaborative writing (Wikipedia). That means that on typical wikis, anyone can edit anything at anytime. Fun! Because of how open most wikis are, many educators find them a bit tough to deal with.

Wiki Uses

Easy, simple website
Easy group authoring
Data collection
Projects
Reviews
Presentations
Professional collaboration

Wiki Strategies

Reading
- Check the history: you can tell how active a particular wiki is by checking the clicking the "history" or "recent changes" links. More activity doesn't necessarily mean better quality, however.
- Wikis can be good starting points for research. Verifying what you find is always a good idea.

Writing
- If you know something that isn't on the wiki, add it!
- If you see something wrong, fix it!

Sample Wikis

Wikipedia--the poster app for the Read/Write Web.
- Indian Ocean Earthquake entry
Wiki Travel--Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide.
Star Trek Wiki--Mix passion and easy collaboration tools and this is what you get.
Podcasting Wiki--A "how to" wiki on podcasting.
Wiki How--The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit
Uses of Google Maps Wiki--Got ideas for using Google Maps? Share them here.
Lawrence Lessig's wiki to edit his book