home

=Welcome to the St. Kevin's High Technology 2104 Wiki = ="//Computer Hardware & Software//" =

What is a "Wiki"?
media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY?version=3" height="315" width="420"
 * A wiki is a website created for the purpose of **sharing information quickly and efficiently**. The word "wiki" is from the Hawaiian for **fast.**
 * Any visitor to a wiki website can become a participant. If you are a member, you can create or edit the content without any special technical skills.
 * A wiki is **continuously under revision**. Its purpose is to share the creative process and is the product of many.
 * Wikipedia is the most well known example, **with no specific "authors" but millions of "contributors".**
 * The wikipedia article on wikis may be helpful []
 * This video (dated 2007) explains some background to wikis.

What is Our Assignment?
The Assignment Description page.

 Grading Sheet.

How do I make a wiki?
Check the video tutorials at [] for info and demos. It's simple: Open your page, Edit Button, use the Web Editor to make changes, then Save Button.

Examples of Wikis created by teachers or students from around the globe
http://skh-careers-oilandgas.wikispaces.com/<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Created by Career Development students from St. Kevin's High during 2010. Great work!!!

http://greetingsfromtheworld.wikispaces.com/ Created by a teacher from Zagreb, Croatia. Awarded "Best Educational Wiki in 2010". In addition to the global perspective, the use of Glogster posters is very impressive.

http://arrrpirates.wikispaces.com/ Created by elementary level students on the topic of Pirates. The "look & feel" of this page is clean and consistent.

http://whites-geometry-wiki.wikispaces.com/ Created by a high school Math teacher and students on the topic of Geometry.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Inspiring Thoughts...

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's what we're doing." ** The Wikimedia Foundation


 * "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,** **but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."** Alvin Toffler, American futurist

Any questions or comments?
Please contact the wiki administrator