How+are+wikis+are+being+used?

=How are wikis being used? = When deciding to create your own wiki site, it is important to do some research. In today's on-line community, wiki sites are abundant! At times there are too many sites and very little time to sift through them all. Below is a table with different wiki samples and the function they serve. Conduct your own research!

OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways. ||
 * ** Purpose & Function ** || ** Wikis site link  ** || ** Summary  ** ||
 * Website application  || http://arborheights.wikispaces.com/   || This school used wikis as a school website for important contact information, announcements, and fundraising events.  ||
 * ^  || http://sites.google.com/a/organic-city.com/intranet/Home  || This website acts as a company intranet. It provides employees with information about important events, HR documents, company directory and even an interactive calendar.  ||
 * Project Development  || http://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/project-eggplant/Home  || Team communication and on-line collaboration is easily facilitated in this wiki site that even provides a pie chart for project completion!  ||
 * ^  || http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Fluid+Project+2007-9+Project+Plan <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This wiki site demonstrates how to use the wiki as a planning and documentation resource.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Group Authoring  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most successful application of a wiki site to date. Wikipedia is the world’s largest on-line encyclopedia with over 75 000 active contributors.  ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. There are 19,085 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Data Collection  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.sankofagen.com/  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This website aims to summarize plantation-related data in a way that allows the genealogist to better visualize the lives of enslaved ancestors within a historical context.  ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reviews  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://caw.wikispaces.com/Course+Index <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">CAW, Course Advisor Wiki, allows students to create and edit reviews about their courses and professors.  ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://childrensbookreviews.pbwiki.com/  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This wiki site provides detailed book reports based on children's books from picture books to young adult novels.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Presentations  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://theshiftedlibrarian.pbwiki.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This wiki site is based on work by <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Steven M. Cohen's] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> book and was started to post URLs from a librarians presentations about the content.  ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://couros.wikispaces.com/cyberbullying <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This wikis site acts as a presentation board about various education topics, including cyber bullying. During the presentation, the author has the ability to access all of the resources relevant to the topic.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Portfolios  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/jkraus/Home  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This site is a great example of an employee profile. The site includes a resume, press releases, as well as a picture and slide show from <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Picasa web albums] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">.  ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://melzportfolio.pbwiki.com/Assessment+and+Evaluation <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This teacher used the wiki site to show authentic examples/artifacts that give evidence of technology integration using NETS standards. Great for assessments/evaluations of teachers!  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Encyclopedia  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.memoryarchive.org/en/MemoryArchive <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">An encyclopedia of memories.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/WikisInTheWorkplaceBook <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">This website features two authors collaborating on a book to introduce wikis into the workplace.  ||

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