The information reformation is making new strides with the rising popularity of wikis.
The term wiki generally refers to a collaborative effort to assimilate information on the internet. The best known wiki is wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia written and edited by its readers. Anyone can create and edit wiki entries. A relative newcomer to the waki wiki world is wikihow.com., a collaborative online how-to guide for anything from stopping a dripping faucet to becoming a Christian.
Wikis (along with blogs and podcasts) are just one aspect of what is being called Web 2.0. If the first generation of the internet was all about the dissemination of information, web 2.0 is about the collaboration of information. What Gutenberg’s printing press did for the modern period is nothing compared to how web 2.0 will shape postmodernity. (Checkout the ZDNet article on the impact of wikis).
A rapidly growing and powerful reformation is changing the way information is shared. It is conceivable that before this decade is out, information communities like wikis will replace traditional media as authoritative sources of information.
Web 2.0 will create great opportunities and challenges for Christ-followers. Some will feel threatened by the relativization of information. Others will realize the potential of communities of faith sharing the Truth with the world in the open marketplace of ideas.
Join me at
churchplanting.wikispaces.com
as we explore the waki wiki world together.
The term wiki generally refers to a collaborative effort to assimilate information on the internet. The best known wiki is wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia written and edited by its readers. Anyone can create and edit wiki entries. A relative newcomer to the waki wiki world is wikihow.com., a collaborative online how-to guide for anything from stopping a dripping faucet to becoming a Christian.
Wikis (along with blogs and podcasts) are just one aspect of what is being called Web 2.0. If the first generation of the internet was all about the dissemination of information, web 2.0 is about the collaboration of information. What Gutenberg’s printing press did for the modern period is nothing compared to how web 2.0 will shape postmodernity. (Checkout the ZDNet article on the impact of wikis).
A rapidly growing and powerful reformation is changing the way information is shared. It is conceivable that before this decade is out, information communities like wikis will replace traditional media as authoritative sources of information.
Web 2.0 will create great opportunities and challenges for Christ-followers. Some will feel threatened by the relativization of information. Others will realize the potential of communities of faith sharing the Truth with the world in the open marketplace of ideas.
Join me at
churchplanting.wikispaces.com
as we explore the waki wiki world together.
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