Wikispaces Evaluation

Paragraph on the Uses of Wikis (How can they be used?)

On a wiki website, you can create your own account really easily, which can be very helpful. Basically, the whole site is a collection of different homepages and such, that anyone with an account can access. It’s very useful for planning trips, or for work. Anyone can go onto your page, give you ideas, or edit the actual page for you. It’s very useful for finding information about things on a wiki too.

Paragraph on problems encountered with wikis

There are many problems you can come across while using a wiki account however. Because ANY one with a wiki is able to access your pages, this means they can write whatever they want on it, whether it’s irrelevant or not. People can sometimes write rude comments on other people’s pages, but also, they can also write false information about that topic.

Paragraph on how to improve the look of wikis

I think wiki would look much more appealing if there were just a few changes made. For example, myspace and bebo have an application where you can change the backgrounds of your page to whatever color or theme you like. This would make wiki much better. Also, on site’s such a blogger, you can change the fonts and the colors, this would also be a good quality. One more thing that would create a better look for the wiki websites is if you could add your own borders to your page, to give it a more personal look.

Paragraph on what might replace wikis for sharing information in the future

There are many other sites today. Some of the most popular now are myspace, and facebook. On both, you are able to leave comments to each other. But in the future, if ever you need to contact someone, facebook would be quicker. There is now a new application called facebook chat. It allows you to talk to anyone that’s online facebook at that time. If wiki had these types of applications that you could add yourself, they may get more viewers.