Archive for the 'wiki' Category

`Wiki Moments` Lead to Better Collaboration

February 25th, 2008

eWeek - “In the course of covering the evolution of collaboration software, some bloggers are tracking “wiki moments,” ideas that start as seeds and germinate into big bouquets of contemplation and collaboration.”

Wikis: Inciting Collaboration

December 23rd, 2007

Davey Winder - “Think of a wiki as a natural extension to the blogging concept, a classification-centric medium which allows for a freedom of content manipulation across a community of users that can’t be found in any other comparable technology. By engendering enthusiasm and commitment from every user, the wiki can become the perfect tool [...]

More From A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette

October 25th, 2007

Sal - “Make sure that you fool your bosses (who are a million times more technophobic than your grandparents) into thinking that you are ‘up on technology’ by making reference to Wikis and RSS content as if they really mattered”
Ha! Love it.

Wiki Education

July 31st, 2007

Technology News World - “By using wikis, city teachers will be able to edit lesson plans directly on a Web site and not need a crash course in computer languages, such as HTML, to do so. They will also be able to tailor the lesson to fit their grade level by tweaking its complexity. “It’s [...]

Wikis in Plain English

July 8th, 2007

Click To Play

Brilliant!

Wiki Wiki Wiki

May 25th, 2007

Does the library profession need yet another wiki? Or, do we need yet anothervblog post asking if the library profession needs yet another wiki? (via).

SLJ Article on Wikis is Getting Crazy Digged

May 20th, 2007

The article is number 2 on Digg right now.

Which Wiki is Right For You

May 14th, 2007

School Library Journal helps to answer this question in their review of a bunch of services, with pros and cons. (via)

Pierce County Library Wiki

April 8th, 2007

Jenny Furled the Pierce County Library Wiki.

Wiki-OED

March 15th, 2007

OK, terrible post title.  Sorry.  Read all about it here:
"If you think "wiki" doesn’t sound like English, you are right. But it’s English now. This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) along with 287 other new words."
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