Welcome to the EDTC 6340 - Applications of Advanced Technology Wiki.

Special thanks to Kathy Carter for a great presentation about using the online library resources at UTB.

For those of you who missed the meeting in Wimba, you can find the PowerPoint presentation by clicking on the link following.

PowerPoint of Library Presentation 

You will also be able to view the archive of the meeting by logging back into UTB Blackboard and going to the Town Hall in Wimba.

I am hoping that everyone has had an opportunity to either use a wiki or visit one to see what they are all about. For the purposes of this class, however, I will assume that you are new to wiki.

 Thus, let us start at the beginning. What is a wiki?  According to Ward Cunningham, of Ward'sWiki, in existence since 1995, "a wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly."

Wiki allows group communication and collaboration both synchronously and asynchronously as content can be edited and added to by anyone with access to the wiki.

Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.

Common characteristics of wiki can be found here: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples

If you are uncertain how a wiki works - or even what a wiki is, you may watch videos on PBWikis Educational Videos page.

Because wiki is virtually indestructive, we will be using it as a location to store all information for this course. It allows us to share our content, comment on what others have contributed and continue to revise and imporve long after the course is over. It is also a wonderful repository for your movies that can be streamed through PBWiki. PBwiki is free to educators and, so named because it is as easy to make as a Peanut Butter (and jelly) sandwich.

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