Wiki-+What?

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-What is a Wiki?
1.) "A **wiki** is a [|website] that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise [|edit] and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass [|collaborative authoring]. The term wiki also can refer to the [|collaborative software] itself ([|wiki engine]) that facilitates the operation of such a Web site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the [|computer science] site (the original wiki) [|WikiWikiWeb] and on-line encyclopedias such as [|Wikipedia]." - "Wiki." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. 4 Jan 2007, 05:19 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 4 Jan 2007 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiki&oldid=98350773>.]

2.) The Infinite Thinking Machine provides a great post on describing a wiki and its use in an educational setting. media type="custom" key="15062" Scroll down to the Infinite Wiki Machine.

3.) Wiki as a Planning and Collaboration Tool by Julie Bath and Karen Reynolds from The College of Education Wichita State University. []

**++How does a wiki work?**
1. This is a introduction clip to how a wiki works. media type="youtube" key="42kmSsq2ySM"

++How do Wikis differ from blogs? traditional websites?
1.) Wikis are different from blogs in that everyone has a chance to edit the content of the page. In general, blogs are considered an individuals thoughts or ideas with others just commenting on the content.

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