Thursday, May 6, 2010

wikis in plain english

this video is a basic introduction video about using wikis* group coordination* edit, save, link* avoid email
points out: pbwiki, wetpaint, and wikispaces
vid is all about group coordination. good basic overview.
a wiki is a collaberative web site that can be directly edited by anyone with access to it, a wiki is essentily a database for creating, browsing and searching information. The very nature of a "wiki" is that it can be edited by anyone who has the proper permissions; and because Wikipedia is completely open, ANYONE can edit ANYTHING (within reason). This is both the strength and weakness of Wikipedia; strength, because an open system invites many qualified, intelligent individuals; and weakness, because that same open system is easy to corrupt with bad information.

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