What’s a Wiki?

What’s a Wiki? Hawaiian for “quick” or “informal” A webpage with content created by and edited by multiple users, with immediate results visible to all The software used to create such a webpage Source: http://wikipedia.org/wiki

Hawaiian for “quick” or “informal”

A webpage with content created by and edited by multiple users, with immediate results visible to all

The software used to create such a webpage

Source: http://wikipedia.org/wiki

Interesting Facts The oldest known wiki is the WikiWikiWeb , created by Ward Cunningham in 1995: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors Wikipedia saw a 154% traffic increase last year (Hitwise)‏ Wikipedia was recently cited as the #1 reference source on the web (HitWise)‏ Has spawned a parody site, the Uncyclopedia , filled with misinformation and utter lies: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/

The oldest known wiki is the WikiWikiWeb , created by Ward Cunningham in 1995: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors

Wikipedia saw a 154% traffic increase last year (Hitwise)‏

Wikipedia was recently cited as the #1 reference source on the web (HitWise)‏

Has spawned a parody site, the Uncyclopedia , filled with misinformation and utter lies: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/

How Are Wikis Used? Collections of articles or documents Themed booklists Collections of shared materials (Ellison dies, equipment, etc FAQs on a topic Collaborative student projects (i.e., poems, fanfic, art, book reviews...)‏ Editing policies or other documents Scholarly communication Other???

Collections of articles or documents

Themed booklists

Collections of shared materials (Ellison dies, equipment, etc

FAQs on a topic

Collaborative student projects (i.e., poems, fanfic, art, book reviews...)‏

Editing policies or other documents

Scholarly communication

Other???

Advantages Anyone can edit No HTML required Changes are immediate Pages and links are instant & automatic No one knows everything, but everyone knows something Many hands make light work Edits are easy to view and track Use Web Standards http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/ Other???

Anyone can edit

No HTML required

Changes are immediate

Pages and links are instant & automatic

No one knows everything, but everyone knows something

Many hands make light work

Edits are easy to view and track

Use Web Standards http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/

Other???

Disadvantages Anyone can edit Misinformation may not get fixed immediately Unfamiliar style (no HTML)‏ Mostly text, few bells & whistles Authority of authors questionable Fictional entries Citation can be challenging Other???

Anyone can edit

Misinformation may not get fixed immediately

Unfamiliar style (no HTML)‏

Mostly text, few bells & whistles

Authority of authors questionable

Fictional entries

Citation can be challenging

Other???

Why Do Wikis Work? Everyone owns it, so everyone is responsible and feels a sense of ownership Small groups of volunteers are very dedicated The cream rises to the top Wikis generate a culture of knowledge and respect Discourse is courteous Other???

Everyone owns it, so everyone is responsible and feels a sense of ownership

Small groups of volunteers are very dedicated

The cream rises to the top

Wikis generate a culture of knowledge

and respect

Discourse is courteous

Other???

When Do Wikis Fail? Spam, though discouraged and deleted, still rears it’s ugly head Disagreements occur Entries and threads get off topic Fictional subjects are taken as truth If you feel a sense of personal ownership over your writing, wikis are not for you! Pages not maintained may disappear Other???

Spam, though discouraged and deleted, still rears it’s ugly head

Disagreements occur

Entries and threads get off topic

Fictional subjects are taken as truth

If you feel a sense of personal ownership over your writing, wikis are not for you!

Pages not maintained may disappear

Other???

Examples of Wikis

Wikipedia Free online encyclopedia with over 2 million articles in English on a variety of topics 350,000 contributors 25 languages 2 million entries Five times more popular than Google News, Yahoo News or BBC (Hitwise)‏ Nearly as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.wikipedia.org

Free online encyclopedia with over 2 million articles in English on a variety of topics

350,000 contributors

25 languages

2 million entries

Five times more popular than Google News, Yahoo News or BBC (Hitwise)‏

Nearly as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica

http://www.wikipedia.org

WikiNews A wikipedia spin-off that allows anyone to become a journalist http://en.wikinews.org/wiki Free textbooks and book-based texts, (similar to Cliff’s Notes ), subdivided into books for youth and academic titles and projects http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki / Wikibooks WikiBooks

A wikipedia spin-off that allows anyone to become a journalist

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki

Free textbooks and book-based texts, (similar to Cliff’s Notes ), subdivided into books for youth and academic titles and projects

http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki / Wikibooks

Examples of Library Wikis

LIS Wiki The Library and Information Science wiki that anyone can edit, with over 200 articles on topics ranging from advocacy to virtual reference http://liswiki.org/wiki/ Resource of best practices for libraries; articles on collection development, reference, technology, and programming http://www.libsuccess.org Library Success

The Library and Information Science wiki that anyone can edit, with over 200 articles on topics ranging from advocacy to virtual reference

http://liswiki.org/wiki/

Resource of best practices for libraries; articles on collection development, reference, technology, and programming

http://www.libsuccess.org

YALSA Wiki Advocacy, Committee Work, TRW/TTW planning http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Main_Page For use with blogs and photos http:// teacherlibrarianwiki . pbwiki .com/ Joyce Valenza’s Teacher Librarian Wiki

Advocacy, Committee Work, TRW/TTW planning

http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Main_Page

For use with blogs and photos

http:// teacherlibrarianwiki . pbwiki .com/

EDCO Wiki! Web 2.0 resources http://edcolibrary.wikispaces.com Waltham High School Wiki about wikis by Kendall Boninti http://walthamhigh.wikispaces.com/ WHS Wiki

Web 2.0 resources

http://edcolibrary.wikispaces.com

Waltham High School Wiki about wikis by Kendall Boninti

http://walthamhigh.wikispaces.com/

CT Nutmeg Wiki Student selected (like the MA Children's Book Award from Salem State). Great model for online book discussion for students. http://nutmeg.wikispaces.com/ Resources about bibliotherapy. Only a few booklists! Contribute! http://bibliotherapy.wikispaces.com/ Bibliotherapy Wiki

Student selected (like the MA Children's Book Award from Salem State). Great model for online book discussion for students.

http://nutmeg.wikispaces.com/

Resources about bibliotherapy. Only a few booklists! Contribute!

http://bibliotherapy.wikispaces.com/

ALA TechSource GLLS2007 Used to promote the event, and then presentations (audio, video, ppt, handouts) were archived here. Excellent resource for Gaming in Libraries! http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page Resources about bibliotherapy. Only a few booklists! Contribute! http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page WoWWiki

Used to promote the event, and then presentations (audio, video, ppt, handouts) were archived here. Excellent resource for Gaming in Libraries!

http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page

Resources about bibliotherapy. Only a few booklists! Contribute!

http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page

Resources

Web Resources Wiki Matrix , for comparison of wikis http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Wiki Design Principles , a list of concepts by creator Ward Cunningham http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/WikiDesignPrinciples

Wiki Matrix , for comparison of wikis

http://www.wikimatrix.org/

Wiki Design Principles , a list of concepts by creator Ward Cunningham

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/WikiDesignPrinciples

Print Resources Cunningham, Ward and Bo Leuf. The Wiki Way: Collaborating and Sharing the Internet. (Addison-Wesley, 2001) Ebersbach, Anja et al. Wiki: Web Collaboration. (Springer, 2005)‏

Cunningham, Ward and Bo Leuf. The Wiki Way: Collaborating and Sharing the Internet. (Addison-Wesley, 2001)

Ebersbach, Anja et al. Wiki: Web Collaboration. (Springer, 2005)‏

Wiki Glossary Wiki Farm – website that hosts wikis, so you don’t have to download, install or host anything on your own server, or worry about the programming end of creating a wiki. Wiki Gnome – anonymous poster who bats cleanup, tirelessly making minor edits. Wiki Squatting – using a wiki as free personal webspace

Wiki Farm – website that hosts wikis, so you don’t have to download, install or host anything on your own server, or worry about the programming end of creating a wiki.

Wiki Gnome – anonymous poster who bats cleanup, tirelessly making minor edits.

Wiki Squatting – using a wiki as free personal webspace

Wiki Glossary, cont. Wiki Tags – elements that add formatting, such as bold, italics, etc Wikipedian – avid contributor to Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, created and maintained by its users. Sandbox – wiki page for testing and playing Orphan page – abandoned page, often with no links Walled Garden – a series of Wiki pages that link only to one another

Wiki Tags – elements that add formatting, such as bold, italics, etc

Wikipedian – avid contributor to Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, created and maintained by its users.

Sandbox – wiki page for testing and playing

Orphan page – abandoned page, often with no links

Walled Garden – a series of Wiki pages that link only to one another

MA Summer Reading Wiki Artwork, Booklists, Resources for the MA SRP http:// masummerreading .pbwiki.com

Artwork, Booklists, Resources for the MA SRP

http:// masummerreading .pbwiki.com

Basic Wiki Tags * = bullet ! = headline ** = bold '' = italic | = box NewPage = new page (two or more words strung together with no spaces and capital first letters creates a new page and a link to that page [url|link] to create a web hyperlink

* = bullet

! = headline

** = bold

'' = italic

| = box

NewPage = new page (two or more words strung together with no spaces and capital first letters creates a new page and a link to that page

[url|link] to create a web hyperlink