Wikis




 * // What is a wiki //**

· ** A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup languages. Wikis are often used to create collaborative Websites and to power community websites. ** · ** Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and cross links between internal pages on the fly. ** · ** Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. ** · ** Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". **
 * "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast" **.

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 * Why do we use wikis in education? **
 * 1.Wikis encourage collaborative learning and information sharing. **
 * 2.They increase student engagement and participation . **


 *  3. Wikis facilitate communication between teachers and **
 * parents and guardians. **



[|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki**] [|**http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki**]  [|**http://c2.com/cgi/wiki**]  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[|**http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm**] <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EL; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[|**http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/?t=anon**]
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