SuperSwiki - Bringing collaboration to the class room

SuperSwiki is a not yet well defined term. Its origins go back to Ward Cunningham's Wiki and its Squeak variant, the Swiki. It provides a place to share and edit web pages, files, and, in case of the SuperSwiki, Squeak projects. The concept of a (Super)Swiki lends itself very well to facilitate collaboration in the classroom, on a campus or even across the internet. It is easy to setup and all that is needed on the client side is a web browser (and Squeak). This paper will illustrate some of the key ideas behind SuperSwikis, how to run and use them and point to some of the existing installations. 1 WikiWikiWeb The concept of the (Super)Swiki is based on Ward Cunningham’s Wiki. What exactly is a Wiki? The best, although not so exact answer is found on the WikiWikiWeb site: 'Wiki' is a composition system; it's a discussion medium; it's a repository; it's a mail system; it's a tool for collaboration. Really, we don't know quite what it is, but it...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: C5
• Authors: Michael Rüger
• Keywords: Applied Computing, C5 2003, Squeak, Swiki, Ward Cunningham Wiki