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Skills: none Concepts: wiki examples and definition, operations, the wiki motto, wiki motivation and history, client- server applications This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. What is a wiki?
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Where does this topic fit? Internet concepts – Applications – Technology – Implications Internet skills – Application development – Content creation – User skills
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Watch Wikis in Plain English (3m 40s) http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
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Wikipedia.org Why is it.org? How do you use Wikipedia? Ever change it? Why do people do it?
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A wiki is a web site with a twist Any authorized user can view and edit it
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How is a wiki different from a regular Web site? 2+2=4 uglysimplecollaborative
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A BC D Wikispaces – a popular Wiki service A: edit B: discuss C: change history D: notification and more
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Edit Save The page you are editing Edit a page
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Visual editor Underlying code editor Two ways to edit a page
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View revision history and revert
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Discuss a page to resolve conflicts
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Receive notification of changes
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Revert vandalism TimeAuthorAction 21:51the article is clean 23:20Dj28Add one obscene sentence 23:20MirvDelete the obscene sentence 23:22Dj28Add several obscene sentences 23:23MirvDelete the obscene sentences 23:24Dj28Add more obscene sentences 23:24MirvDelete the obscene sentences
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The wiki motto Improve the wiki with every edit.
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Ways to improve a wiki page Fix a typo or spelling error – get over “stage fright” Fix a grammatical error Fix a factual error Add a detail, reference, link or image Rewrite an awkward or ambiguous sentence Add a clarifying example Change the appearance or format of a page Revise a concept Draft a new sub topic Reorganize or rearrange the page Every edit should improve a collaborative document.
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Client and server Client Server
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Ward Cunningham and the first wiki
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Summary
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Self-study questions 1.We mentioned three differences between a wiki and a regular Web site – do you recall them? 2.We covered five operations common to all wikis – do you recall them? 3.What is the wiki motto? 4.Why did Ward Cunningham invent the wiki? 5.Can you find examples of useful wikis on the Web? 6.What could you use a wiki for at school, work or home? 7.Can you think of other examples of client-server programs? 8.Make a wire frame diagram for the user interface of a program you commonly use.
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Resources Wikis in Plain English (3m 40s) http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english How college students use Wikipedia: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/arti cle/view/2830/2476 Evaluation of Wikipedia: http://delicious.com/lpress/wikieval Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham The first Wiki, invented to discuss programming technique: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki
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