[ILUG] Re: wiki software

[Justin]

I suggested mediawiki for a specific reason, compatility with WikiPedia.

I think a tool that helps teachers suck content from wikipedia, add 
their own stuff, based around their course work would be a cool app in 
the future. Think open source SafariU for Irish Schools - 
http://safariU.oreilly.com.

Justin


Nils Olofsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 12:59 +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 10:58:53PM +0100, Justin wrote:
>>
>>>I agree. Put a wiki (MediaWiki please) up there. Lets see what happens.
>>
>>i'll volunteer to install and maintain whatever wiki people want to put
>>up.  i have some experience doing it for work and other orgs.
>>particularly with mediawiki and the cvstrac wiki.
>>
>>however, i'd like to suggest an alternative: twiki - http://twiki.org/
>>
>>while mediawiki is great, twiki seems to be taking wiki's to another
>>step.  i hate to use the phrase, "web application platform," but it kind
>>of fits what twiki seems to be aiming for.
>>
>>it allows you to develop forms, spreadsheets, graphs, etc.  and it has
>>an access control system mediawiki lacks.
>>
>>kevin
> 
> I think anything is better than whats up there now :)
> http://www.schoolforge.org.uk/ are using mediawiki, and it looks like a
> wiki is an ideal solution for something that should include
> teachers/student/volunteer etc.
> nils
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