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Skills: noneConcepts: wiki examples and definition, operations, the wiki motto, wiki motivation and history, client-server applications
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What is a wiki?
Where does this topic fit?
• Internet concepts– Applications– Technology– Implications
• Internet skills– Application development– Content creation– User skills
Watch Wikis in Plain English (3m 40s)http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
Wikipedia.org
A wiki is a web site with a twist
Any authorized user can view and
edit it
How is a wiki different from a regular Web site?
2+2=4
ugly simple collaborative
Page viewing and editing area
A typical wiki screen layout
Navigationpane
Page viewing and editing area
Select operation to perform
Simplified screen layout
Edit
Save
The page you are editing
Editing a page
The wiki motto
Improve the wiki with every edit.
Client and server
Client Server
Ward Cunningham and the first wiki
Summary
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.
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/article/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