Wikis

->A wiki is a Web page that can be viewed and modified by anybody with a Web browser and access to the Internet. This means that any visitor to the wiki can change its content if they desire. While the potential for mischief exists, wikis can be surprisingly robust, open-ended, collaborative group sites. ->Wikis permit asynchronous communication and group collaboration across the Internet. Variously described as a composition system, a discussion medium, a repository, a mail system, and a tool for collaboration, wikis provide users with both author and editor privileges; the overall organization of contributions can be edited as well as the content itself. Wikis are able to incorporate sounds, movies, and pictures; they may prove to be a simple tool to create multimedia presentations and simple digital stories.


 * What it is:**
 * Web tool invented by Ward Cunningham in 1994 that allows anyone to add content and anyone to edit it, allowing several people to write, edit, delete and rewrite content on the same page
 * Wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian
 * Good for collaborative projects - subject knowledge sharing, administrative collaboration, course based teaching and learning
 * Intended to be simple so you can focus on the writing, not the technical mechanics and syntax
 * No HTML know-how required

‍‍**What it isn't:**

 * Wiki is not like email: You may write things, but in a wiki your words don't belong just to you or even stay where you put them.
 * Wiki is not like a discussion board: It is not about everyone speaking in turn.
 * You can't mess it up: Any pages can be fixed so be brave and relax.

Adapted from Michael Fisher