Wikis

In Hawaiian, wiki-wiki means quick-quick and that was the idea behind the creation of wikis. Wikis were started as a way for people to publish to the Internet quickly, and that's just exactly what they do. Wiki's are a forum for reading, analyzing and responding via the internet in a fast way. Like blogs, they are a means for sharing information between people; unlike blogs, users can actually go into a wiki and edit or add content. The most widely known wiki is, of course, Wikipedia- the online encyclopedia. Did you know that studies have proven that Wikipedia is as accurate as Encyclopedia Brittanica?! Not to mention that the amount of content that can be found on Wikipedia, if in published volumes of books, would be the equivelent of 1250 volumes, and that's a conservative number because it does not include graphs, maps, pictures, etc. which take up more space than text alone!! (To get a better picture click here> [|Not-enough-room-on-your-shelves-for-Wikipedia] )

What you are reading here, now, is a wiki that was designed to provide information on Web 2.0, and ways it might be used personallly and professionally.

On any page, at any time, anyone can add, edit or delete content. Wiki's provide a very collaborative means of communicating with and informing others.

For more information and ideas check out the sites below:

Abes Books 2010 PBS Wiki Books Internet Safety SLJ Book Lovers Technology for Reading Information Fluency