{"id":774,"date":"2013-08-30T22:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssedro.com\/blog\/?p=774"},"modified":"2013-08-30T22:16:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:16:31","slug":"wikiplaces-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssedro.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/30\/wikiplaces-lives-on\/","title":{"rendered":"wikiPlaces Lives On!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2006 when public wiki platforms were young, I came across one that stood out of the pack for its beauty. It was called WetPaint. \u00a0When it finally opened for use, I created a open-ended project for classes called wikiPlaces<\/a>. It took the well-used idea of an alphabet book and moved it to the internet where it would reach a larger audience and could include hyperlinks.<\/p>\n

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Over the next year or so I was enchanted to see a few classes make use of it. Then WetPaint changed. It rebranded itself as a social media site. I expected that my wikiPlaces site would eventually be deleted.<\/p>\n

This evening I was catching up in Feedly, my new home for my old Google Reader feeds. \u00a0Flipping through posts I was startled to find myself suddenly looking at edits to wikiPlaces. \u00a0I hadn’t even remembered that was one of my feeds.<\/p>\n

The old site has been monitized by Wikifoundry.com, the current owner of the old Wetpaint platform. \u00a0Although the ads are obtrusive, none of them were inappropriate for a K-8 audience.<\/p>\n

Back in 2006, not as many elementary schools had the capacity for \u00a0students to edit a wiki. Now, there are better tools which allow more than one person to edit a page at a time. Therefore, I was surprised to find classes still using it. \u00a0I still think the project idea was a good one. \u00a0It is waiting there for you to share a place that you love.<\/p>\n

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