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What is a Wiki?
This is an introduction to the concept of a ‘wiki’ from [|Wikipedia] (which is a wiki itself!): A wiki (Listeni/ˈwɪki/ wik-ee) is a website whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often created collaboratively, by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note-taking. Wikis may serve many different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example, editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may also be imposed for organizing content. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as “the simplest online database that could possibly work.” “Wiki” is pronounced [ˈwiti] or [ˈviti]) and is a Hawaiian word meaning “fast” or “quick”.

Wiki Spaces
There are many wikis available to use on the Web. Some are better than others. Some cost money to use, others are free. For this course, we have chosen Wiki Spaces. The reasons are many but the most important is that, besides being free, it appears to be the most stable and also provides a ‘private viewing option’ for educators. This is very important when selecting an open, social network for your classroom. [|FERPA laws] (we will be discussing these privacy issues in the classroom in a later lesson) require that you keep from public view most data or information that can lead to revealing a student’s identity (especially younger children).

The interface for Wiki Spaces is pretty straight forward. There are some hang-ups but overall not too badly done. Below is a short tutorial we put together to help you with getting started using Wiki Spaces for this course. Each instructor has created a baseline Wiki for his or her section. A link to your particular Wiki is provided in the instructions below. You access to this Wiki is limited to being an invited guest. If you wanted to set up your own private wiki, you could do so, but we ask that you utilize the one(s) we have set up for you in order to keep things consistent and accumulative for the whole class to participate.

How to Set up and Post to the EME 2040 Course Wiki on Wiki Spaces
There is a step-by-step guide on how to set up your profile information on the Wiki Spaces specifically set up for this course. It is located in Angel under the Assignments Checklist tab for Cycle 1. The title of the Course Wiki Activity is //Lab Activity: Logging Into & Updating the Course Wiki//. In subsequent lessons, you will be learning how to set up and utilize an individual Wiki to collaborate on your team projects and how to utilize a Wiki in the classroom. Before beginning, take a run-through to become familiar with the interface. Then, when you are ready, replay it, following the instructions carefully.

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