"In your teams, Write a Team proposal for a Class Wiki, and communication point (forum?) for the entire class, (this means one proposal per team). Post your proposal onto your Team Journal. Next week in studio, we will decide which of the Team proposals best suits our purposes for this course, and will set up a Class Wiki which we can all contribute to."
Team Omega proposes to use a medium called Wetpaint as a Class Wiki. Wetpaint is a social website that encourages interaction of those with similar interests. Unlike most other wikis, there is absolutely no coding required, it is simply click and type... That easy! Also, Wetpaint would be a better option then having a blog, as blogs tend to be more individual orientated rather then open for group interaction.
Team Omega created a Wetpaint website... It took 3 easy steps:
Step One was creating a site name and url, and then choosing who can edit your siteStep Two was choosing a template for your website Step Three consists of inviting all your friends to the website Our Wetpaint page More about Wetpaint below... From wetpaint.com
What is Wetpaint?
Wetpaint lets you build a rich, online community around the whatever-it-is that you’re really into. Utilizing the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks, Wetpaint mixes everything you need so you can create, collect, and organize content on your own social website.
What is a social website?
A social website is a type of website with pages that anyone can edit and contribute to, including text, photos, videos, polls, and more. Unlike most websites that only technically savvy programmers can create, social websites can be easily worked on within your web browser. Because many people can contribute to a social website, the content grows quickly as a result of collaboration. Users can easily and quickly build on the work of others by adding new content—and even new pages—to the social website.
As with any group project having multiple contributors, accountability is important. So, every change made to a social website is recorded. As easily as content can be added, content can be removed and the page reverted to a previous version. Most social websites also provide various permission levels that can allow people to edit and view only certain pages that you select.
Social websites are ideal for groups of people who are connected by a common interest and need to collaborate. Instead of sending email back and forth, a social website can be used to centralize the knowledge of a group. Because the social website can be edited by anyone with the proper permissions, you can keep everyone in your group up-to-date and actively involved.
Wetpaint Features
Wetpaint features everything you need to start, or contribute to, a social website. We're adding features all the time, so there's always something new to try.
Step Two was choosing a template for your website
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