What is a wiki?

A wiki is a term referring to a server site where questions are answered in the form of a definition. A wiki site allows anyone the ability to edit and improve a given definition by adding new relative information. (What is Wiki, opening page) “The beauty of Wiki is in the freedom, simplicity, and the power it offers.” It is recommended that one should read the topics carefully before adding a new topic to avoid clutter. (Welcome Visitors, opening page)

"The word wiki is a short form of the Hawaiian wiki-wiki, which means "quick."The first wiki was created by Ward Cunningham in 1995, who was looking to create an easy authoring tool that might spur people to publish. And the key word here is "easy," because, plainly put, a wiki is a Website where anyone can edit anything they want"(Richardson,59).

Works Cited

"Welcome Visitors". Welcome Visitors. 06 Nov. 2006. 07 Nov. 2006. <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors>.

"What Is a Wiki". Wiki: What is Wiki. 27 Jun. 2002. 07 Nov. 2006 <http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatisWiki>.

Richardson, Will."Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms". Corwin Press a Sage Publication Company. California, Thousand Oaks: 2006.