Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The wonderful world of WIKIs

According to Wikipedia, the free wiki encyclopedia, "A wiki (pronounced /ˈwɪki/ WIK-ee) is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.

Most wikis serve a specific purpose, and off topic material is promptly removed by the user community. Such is the case of the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia. In contrast, open purpose wikis accept all sorts of content without rigid rules as to how the content should be organized.

Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work." "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiki] or [ˈviki]) is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki" has been backronymed by some to "What I Know Is"."

Perhaps one of the best features of the wiki is that it goes a long way toward solving the age-old group project problem! How many times have you been told that one person did all of the work on a project, or that another person did not contribute. If the work is done in a wiki, every single change is documented in the "history" view. You can tell who contributed what - who made what changes and when. Wikis also allow for collaborations across institutions, permitting students from different classes to work together on projects.

Comparison of Wiki Software from Wikipedia.

RELIGION AND THEOLOGY WIKIS
Religion Wiki -This wiki is for religious people and religious communities of all kinds. We coexist on this wiki. Again, this wiki is for all religions. All religions may be practiced and thought and written about in this one place. Create agnostic, atheist, Bahá'í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Mandaean, Muslim, Odinism, Pagan, Realist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Zoroastrian, Toastianity, Equalism or whatever pages to this wiki. You can work on them alone, but we can just as well work together on pages here.

ReligionWiki also has a YouTube site.

Studying Religion and New Media Wiki - designed for scholars and students of Media, Religion and Culture who are focused on researching issues related to religion, the internet and other forms of new media. This is a collaborative community so welcome to the conversation.

Mrs. Addison, OurLady of Grace, 6th Grade Religion Wiki

THEOPEDIA - an encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity.

Theologia- A Wiki encyclopedia about Christian theology presented from the perspective of consensual ecumenical understandings

Theologer - Systematic Theology Wiki Style

Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004,


Liki List of Blogs in Theology and Religion

Technology Transformations

Ray Schroeder, Director COLRS/OTEL, Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois at Springfield, has a great blog exploring "Technology Transforming Teaching". I was particularly taken by the new advances that enable users with a headset to control virtual and real objects with thought waves.