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Jan 18, 2012 · How does it work? The pages are made by lots of people writing together. The idea is that by using lots of different people's brainpower and expertise, you can make a far bigger...
Do you ever wonder how Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia anyone can edit, really works?
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A simple explanation of a wiki for students.Essential Questions:What is a wiki?Who was the inventor of wikis?How did the inventor come up with the name for w...
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Wiki for Kids is a filtered Wikipedia resource that provides articles in Simple English. It is similar to Wikipedia’s Simple Edition but with filtered safe results. The added benefit of our safe search settings is that it removes content that is not appropriate for children and teens.
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Wikipedia began as a related project for Nupedia. Nupedia was a free English-language online encyclopedia project. Nupedia's articles were written and owned by Bomis, Inc which was a web portal company. The important people of the company were Jimmy Wales, the person in charge of Bomis, and Larry Sanger, the editor-in-chief of Nupedia. Nupedia was ...
Wikipedia is a free site where anybody can start or change a page. It is a global site that is available in many languages. While people can use any search engine, the Wikipedia page will come out in the first results of many searches. To use Wikipedia better, people should understand the basic function of the page. The page is organized while they...
You can do this with your whole class, with a group or by yourself. How does it work? For example: You are preparing an assignment for school, and you choose the subject "the Romans". You can search at WikiKids for "Romans" and see whether there is information you can use.
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Vikidia is written for children who are between 8 and 13 years old. Nevertheless, it can be used by other groups such as Simple English Wikipedia, adults and children with learning difficulties, people who are learning English, or simply seeking a simple presentation of an issue they do not know.
