Thursday, March 10, 2011

WIKISPACES

WHAT IS A WIKI?

      1.- What is a WIKI?
                 A wiki is a website where every page can be edited in a web browser, by whoever happens to be reading it. It uses simplified language or WYSIWY text editor. Images can be added to them, and different security preferences can be chosen, from being a public wiki, to being private. "Wiki" is "fast" in Hawaian.

 
      2.- What types of wikis are there?
                There are many kinds of wikis, all having to do with different things, from uncovering corrupt governments to dictionaries. Wikipedia, Wikispaces, Wikileaks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote,  Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity.....
 
 
      3.- What is the difference between a blog,a wiki and a social network?
                All of these online web pages are different, very-useful platforms to "talk to the world". However, they all have differences. Blogs usually have a single author. It is the author who posts,others comment, it has a one-to-many content. Wikis have multiple authors, they are edited by a group or team, they are continuousy changing and growing rapidly, and they are a form of many-to-many communication. Finally, social networks are also one-to- many communication. People can comment on your profile, see your photos and comment them, and even chat with others.      4.- Elements required to run a wiki:



                First of all, you need a computer, of course. Secondly, you need an  FAST internet connection, as wikis are web pages. Then just use your mind to write about anything you want.