Wikis and collaborative editing tools Wikis enable the co‐construction of content. The wiki construction process is best known through the public, collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Similar ventures exist for more focused interests such as travel (Wikitravel.org.en) or television knowledge (Tviv). Users can also use the wiki concept to design and maintain a personal organiser (Tiddlywiki). Other web tools are used collaboratively to design, construct and distribute digital products. For example there are sites that allow users scattered across large distances to collaborate in making a single entity such as a film (Aswarmofangels). By centralising documents on a shared web server, a group of users may edit those documents rather than hold many individual copies (Docs.google). More structured sites allow the production of collaborative artefacts such as novels (Glypho). Other websites incorporate more visual tools for collaborators (Thinkature), and some emphasis collective mindmaps for brainstorming (Bubbl.us) or whiteboard simulations (Virtualwhiteboard). These tools can also be used foster international connections, for example by linking classrooms from different countries together (Etwinning, Skoolaborate). Popular wikis are well established that have an educational emphasis (Wikiversity, Wikieducator) or with material for more specialist interests (Knowhomeschooling). http://www.wikipedia.org http://wikitravel.org/en/ http://tviv.org http://www.tiddlywiki.com http://aswarmofangels.com http://docs.google.com http://www.glypho.com http://thinkature.com http://www.bubbl.us http://www.virtual‐whiteboard.co.uk http://www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning.ht m http://www.skoolaborate.com http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki http://www.wikieducator.org
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