Captain Kirk's E-Learning Wiki Space Home using Wetpaint
What is Wetpaint?
Wetpaint lets you build a rich, online community around the whatever-it-is that you’re really into. Utilizing the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks, Wetpaint mixes everything you need so you can create, collect, and organize content on your own social website.
These website are known as "wikis"
#NB From my recent testings there appears to be a substantial flaw in the design code of "Wetpaint" Wiki as it will run properly only in the Internet explorer browser and not in open source browsers such as Firefox, Google chrome or safari.
As a Learning Manager this can be frustrating as some schools only use Apple mac which use safari browsers or PC with Linux which only use open source programs such as Firefox.
So I recommend using "Wikispaces" or "PB works" instead.
As a Learning Manager this can be frustrating as some schools only use Apple mac which use safari browsers or PC with Linux which only use open source programs such as Firefox.
So I recommend using "Wikispaces" or "PB works" instead.
So what is Wiki?
"A wiki is a database of pages which visitors can edit live."
The building blocks of wikis are the "comments" from visitors.You can generally edit a page in real time, search the wiki's content, and view updates since your last visit. In a "moderated wiki," wiki owners review comments before addition to the main body of a topic.
Additional features can include calendar sharing, live AV conferencing, RSS feeds and more.
Do Wikis have security risks?
Are you building a freely editable and public wiki, or do you need to be conscious of privacy and security in your enterprise? There can also be issues of legal liability and risk to reputation, particularly if you publish to the web. Options such as a moderated wiki format, user agreements, and locking some pages from public view can offer protection.
What can a Wiki doe for student learning?
A wiki makes it easy to swap ideas and information on projects--whether for a family vacation or a complex business enterprise.
A wiki opens the door to experts and shy silent types alike, increasing creativity, expertise, and productivity all around.
Wikis end the waste of ricocheting emails and communication breakdowns--wikis literally get everyone "on the same page."
What is a social website?
A social website is a type of website with pages that anyone can edit and contribute to, including text, photos, videos, polls, and more. Unlike most websites that only technically savvy programmers can create, social websites can be easily worked on within your web browser. Because many people can contribute to a social website, the content grows quickly as a result of collaboration. Users can easily and quickly build on the work of others by adding new content—and even new pages—to the social website.
As with any group project having multiple contributors, accountability is important. So, every change made to a social website is recorded. As easily as content can be added, content can be removed and the page reverted to a previous version. Most social websites also provide various permission levels that can allow people to edit and view only certain pages that you select.
These social websites are ideal for groups of people who are connected by a common interest and need to collaborate. Instead of sending email back and forth, a social website can be used to centralize the knowledge of a group. Because the social website can be edited by anyone with the proper permissions, you can keep everyone in your group up-to-date and actively involved.
Wetpaint — Publishing 2.0 at its finest
Wetpaint has been a web publisher capitalizing on disruptive changes, specializing in scalable content platforms. Our first platform reached 10 million monthly unique, all with user-generated content. We are now building our next proprietary publishing platform designed to produce premium branded media destination properties with professional content — across an array of categories with 5-10X economic advantage over traditional web publishing models.
Recognizing that technology and audience expectations have changed media forever, Wetpaint has rethought what it takes to create, monetize, and distribute top-shelf content efficiently — and how to package it in compelling experiences that earn audience loyalty and brand distinction.
Founded in Seattle in 2005, Wetpaint has $40 million in funding from the same venture firms that backed companies like Facebook, Starbucks, Glam, Photobucket, and others.
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