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ADVANCED GROUP: Wiki task. Mission: to develop part of the staff Ultranet site and to develop a wiki that has an ICT Tips and Hints section that staff can access. USING WIKIS FOR COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS. FAST FACTS ON WIKIS.
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ADVANCED GROUP: Wiki task Mission: to develop part of the staff Ultranet site and to develop a wiki that has an ICT Tips and Hints section that staff can access.
FAST FACTS ON WIKIS • A wiki is a community-based collaborative website which can directly edited by anyone with access to it. • Wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick • The first one was called the wikiwikiweb in 1995 • Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, is probably the most well known wiki (established in 2001 by James Wale).
WIKIS ARE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT… • A place to centrally store your project resources • A place for your community to share information • The ability to collaborate • A ‘net-based’ system (in the cloud) that can be accessed anytime and anywhere internet is available • The ability to track page revision history and restrict access
WIKISPACES • Wikispaces and wetpaint are programmes that can provide those features • Take a look at some popular educational wikis: • http://comparinghemispheres.wikispaces.com/ • http://greetingsfromtheworld.wikispaces.com/ • http://metasaga.wikispaces.com/ • http://9manathan.wikispaces.com/ The last wiki listed is the for my current Year 9 Mathematics class.
Our turn to dive in and have a go! • Wikispaces is simple to use. I have created a ‘sandpit’ so we can have a play http://freybergsandpit.wikispaces.com/
ICT tips and hints • How should be split up our pages on the Wiki? • Who will work on each page? • What information should be included? • We can check out a couple of websites for ideas see our sandpit http://freybergsandpit.wikispaces.com/Free+Open+Source+Tools