Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Using a wiki to communicate information

A wiki can be used to communicate in many ways. It has features that allow you to make groups where you can share information with anyone you invite to join. Organizations are also using wiki's, such as IMB and Columbia University. Some things wiki's include that can be useful for communication are unlimited members, unlimited pages, and built-in discussion forums. For example, students can do classroom projects where teachers can view each students progress. Another example is certain organizations can posts schedules where all members can view and comment on the page. Other features wiki's allow groups are certain pages for each kind of group. It has labels for K-12, higher education, businesses, etc. These labels have different options for each group. For example the K-12 label offers more security and administrative control of the site. This allows teachers to go on the site and be able to delete, upgrade, and edit anything they feel they need to. Communication is a huge part of life today and these tools are just making it easier for schools, businesses, and anyone who wants to use it. Schools can basically teach lessons through wiki and businesses can communicate with the entire company with just one page on a wiki. 

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