Wikis

What is a Wiki?
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A **wiki** is a [|website] that uses [|wiki software], allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of [|interlinked] (often [|databased]) [|Web pages], using a simplified [|markup language].[|[1]][|[2]] Wikis are often used to create [|collaborative] [|websites] and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia [|Wikipedia] is one of the best-known wikis.[|[2]] Wikis are used in business to provide [|intranet] and [|knowledge management] systems. [|Ward Cunningham], the developer of the first wiki software, [|WikiWikiWeb], originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work."[|[3]]

__Creating a Wiki__
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 **EXAMPLES** http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis http://thewright3.wikispaces.com/ - classroom wiki created around a book read as a class http://poetrysurroundsus.wikispaces.com/ - **webquest created by Mrs. Anderson and Miss Makatche** http://springfieldreading.wikispaces.com/8th+Grade - wiki used for book discussions http://liberty-or-death.wikispaces.com/ - **wiki created by Mrs. Bowers 5th grade S. Studies classes** http://brokenworld.wikispaces.com/A+Broken+World - wiki textbook created by students  [] - 10th grade wiki