Comments on: A “Help Write the Book” Wiki http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/a-help-write-the-book-wiki/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Robin Turk http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/a-help-write-the-book-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Robin Turk Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:37:21 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=987#comment-705 <a></a>Just getting my first look at wikis this summer and immediately thought of our school 8th grade newsletter class. The teacher uses Word's track changes feature and emails files back and forth with students working on beats. The logistics at times are troublesome, so I'm thinking a wiki would be great. I immediately worried about the open content in an 8th grade environment. I like to have faith, and some control. Alan's suggestions address some of the issues. I think a small trial run is worth while. Thanks for the boost. Just getting my first look at wikis this summer and immediately thought of our school 8th grade newsletter class. The teacher uses Word’s track changes feature and emails files back and forth with students working on beats. The logistics at times are troublesome, so I’m thinking a wiki would be great.

I immediately worried about the open content in an 8th grade environment. I like to have faith, and some control. Alan’s suggestions address some of the issues. I think a small trial run is worth while. Thanks for the boost.

]]> By: Will R. http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/a-help-write-the-book-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Will R. Tue, 04 May 2004 13:58:03 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=987#comment-704 <a></a>I'm in that paranoid high school world where there could be real trouble if a ne'er do well decided to use less than appropriate language. That's why I'd like to have a look at edits before they go live, especially if there is no way to id the user. That may be possible, I just need more time to get into it. I’m in that paranoid high school world where there could be real trouble if a ne’er do well decided to use less than appropriate language. That’s why I’d like to have a look at edits before they go live, especially if there is no way to id the user. That may be possible, I just need more time to get into it.

]]> By: Alan Levine http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/a-help-write-the-book-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Alan Levine Tue, 04 May 2004 11:46:25 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=987#comment-703 <a></a>Thanks for the pointer to WikiBooks- a great concept, though many of the pages I saw were more like notes.. but the content is just filling in. The "anyone can edit anything" really bends your mind until you see it in action. What can happen, maybe ideally, is that the community polices itself. As far as someone mucking up a page, the wiki admin has the power to roll back a page to any previously edited version. There are some controls some wikis allow you to d, the easist is that onece you decide a page is "published" you can lock it from furthur changes. Thanks for the pointer to WikiBooks- a great concept, though many of the pages I saw were more like notes.. but the content is just filling in.

The “anyone can edit anything” really bends your mind until you see it in action. What can happen, maybe ideally, is that the community polices itself. As far as someone mucking up a page, the wiki admin has the power to roll back a page to any previously edited version.

There are some controls some wikis allow you to d, the easist is that onece you decide a page is “published” you can lock it from furthur changes.

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