whatisawiki

=What is a Wiki?=

A wiki is a collaborative web space that allows multiple people to collaborate, create, and share ideas. One of the most well known wikis is Wikipedia. [|Here is a link] that shows you how a Wiki entry evolves over time.

The wiki tool is very simple to use and requires only a computer connected to the Internet and a web browser. There is no additional software required and very little technical knowledge or training necessary to become a contributor. This wiki allows Trubyville to focus on the content and process of our ideas and not the technical tools. A wiki is a work in progress and continually under revision. A wiki keeps track of the history of a document showing the progression, changes, edits, and updates made by each contributing member. The word "wiki" comes from Hawaiian language, meaning "quick" or "fast."

We will use our Trubyville wiki to share and collaborate as a group. The [|Teacher First website] has some really good reasons why students should use a wiki in the classroom. If you would like to see how other classrooms around the world are using wikis check out this long list of example educational wikis.

Our Trubyville wiki is open to the public to view but limited to our Trubyville class to edit and create. As we use this wiki we are learning about web safety, public v.s. private information, publishing, and copyright. As we explore these topics we will post the information that we learn on our Digital Citizenship page.

A wiki is like a website you make, but only a lot easier to make and also to edit. We think editing Trubyville is easy to edit, and also at the same time, fun to edit!

Top 11 Contributors to the Trubyville Wiki
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Wikis in Plain English
Watch this video to learn more about how a wiki works: (Thanks for sharing this video, Henry!)

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