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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikipedia , the online open-community encyclopedia, is the most well known. Resource Collection off a listserv: [link]. Collaborative writing off a listserv: [link]. A wiki is a collaborative website and writing tool that allows people to easily contribute, delete and edit content. The growing adoption of wikis in educational.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia has become one of the top ten most-visited websites worldwide and is the only one in the top ten that is a non-profit initiative. Think of how Wikipedia works.

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