What is a Wiki? Article By Nathan Matias

In this article, we can see the purpose behind the Emerson of Wiki. Wiki is also known as Hypertext and Relational Database. Wiki was first designed by Ward Cunningham and Bo Leuf in1995 and it was a website where “anyone can contribute”. It is this quality has made it the purest form of Hypertext and larges encyclopedia available on the web today. Moreover, according to the author of this article the most important plus point of Wiki is that it does not need any Installation. Wiki was usually used to keep track of our brain. Ted Nelson named Wiki as Hypertext because it was used to preserve every ideas and thoughts for a long time or forever. In this article, we can know how Wiki exactly works and ends our every false notion of Wiki. In addition, Notebook is the best give example of how wiki works and it is a personal wiki. I am very surprised to know that Wikipedia has become that largest knowledge base non-profitable organisation. There are many different wiki software like Meatball wiki, Green cheese where people communicate online and share their links and information  Wiki is very used by many companies and universities to create collaboration among employees or students. British telecom, Colorado state university, Disney, Motorola, Wind river all use wiki or some other wiki software according to their purpose. However, the only thing is that as wiki is editable there is a fear of vandalism. Nevertheless, wiki is working to avoid this threat. 

            Further, if I get chance to use Wiki in my classroom than I will use it for the benefit of those students who are introvert and who are not very sharp and shy. In this way they can get the benefit of the all notes and activity done in the classroom. With the help of Wiki I can tell students to post their H.W on the wiki page. Learning through Wiki can help distance learners or online learners.