Wikis

toc The word, "[|wiki]," is Hawaiian for "quick" or "fast." While that is a useful tidbit of knowledge, it doesn't explain the difference between a traditional website and a wiki.

Think of a wiki as a label that describes the website type. You can apply the wiki label to any website that allows users to change or add content to any page. The most cited example of a wiki is [|Wikipedia], an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. However, most websites aren't wikis; [|Yahoo!], [|Google], and [|Amazon] **aren't** wikis. The school links at the very top of the page point to websites that **aren't** wikis.

This [|website] is a wiki. Why? Users can edit, change, delete, or add content. Do you see the **edit this page** button at the top of the page (you will not see if it if you haven't joined)? If you click on it, you can change the content on this page! This is a wiki!

Try editing Yahoo! or Google. I bet you can't.

Examples

 * Online Wiki Creation Tools**: Nearly all of the wiki creation tools that appear below are free.
 * 1) Wikispaces: Wikispaces is the tool used to create this wiki
 * 2) [|PBwiki]
 * 3) [|Media Wiki]: Wiki tool used by [|Wikipedia]
 * 4) [|Wetpaint]
 * 5) [|37 Signal's Writeboard]
 * 6) [|JotSpot]

Resources

 * Will Richardson, leading educational tecnologist who will be part of the NISC programming in February, has a wiki-page dedicated to all-things 'wiki':
 * [|Will's Wiki Resources]