Wiki, aka Web 2.0

N J SparlingEduc 8841

Story Board Slide 1Why do we want this?

Students need tools relevant to their time to be productive in society.

Story Board Slide 2So, who thought of this?

The ‘duh’ moment, Ward Cunningham creates the wiki (and names it) beginning in about 1995. He wanted to find it faster and easier, ‘help me and make corrections as needed!’ That’s the wiki!Click the picture to see an interview

with Ward Cunningham (almost 2 hours long…)

Story Board Slide 3So who is this really for?

What was the development process, why was it designed?

Ward Cunningham wanted to connect writers within a community. Something that

would help them collaborate.

He had used Apple’s software with hyper links and wanted to create access to things

like that, but which may not yet exist. Something quick and easy like those wiki wiki

busses he saw in Honolulu.

The open format allowed additions and corrections to be made by anyone who was

so inclined. It became self policing.

Story Board Slide 4How was it made and put out there?

DATA ConnectionThe short version, Ward

connected data within a data

base format and used links

that could connect pieces

together. The concept gained

popularity and was open

format, anybody could edit,

add correct, delete, etc. It

became a source of community

with its own monitors

connected with the site.

He thought about copyright but

decided against it. Commercial sites use this as marketing, with

free pages supplied if you endure the

advertising or you can pay to make it

a closed wiki within a limited scope of users.

Story Board Slide 5