Wikispaces



=What is a Wiki?= A **wiki** is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who has permission to access it to contribute or modify its content. Wikis are collaborative websites. A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page they have been given access to using a web browser.

Wikis are a type of social software that make it easy to communicate online. Because the wiki is as simple to edit as it is to read it is perfect online collaboration tool.

=What Does Wiki Mean and Stand For? =

"Wili" (/wiːkiː/ )is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki" is a backronym for "What I Know Is".

=Why Use Wikis? =

A wiki lets you and your teammates collaborate online. It's easy, efficient, and intuitive to use. Every user gets a voice and everyone's contribution is seen, heard, and can be commented upon. In this way wikis improve and democratize communication -- no one misses the 'memo' and anyone can send it. Wikis get information to the right people -- important information (documentation, processes, ideas, communication, etc.) is available to the people who need it, not locked and buried in one person's in-box.


 * Wikis make it easy to keep all your information current and accurate.
 * Information stored in wikis is dynamic. With wikis, anyone can edit a page so content is current.
 * Wikis keep your information safe. It's virtually impossible to lose information. You can view changes made by different users or rollback to previous versions.
 * Even as members of your team turn over and new employees are hired, the wiki can be an unbroken repository of knowledge that evolves with your growing organization.

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Wikis in Plain English
Ms. Moston's Wiki Page http://ohsalgebra1.wikispaces.com/

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