Monica+Perez

My night with two Wiki's begins with me working simultaneously on both Wikispaces and MediaWiki.org. Take the journey with me now! Here we go... http://mvpwikispace.wikispaces.com/** || **MediaWiki.org** http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mamim || Wikispaces Wins! || Well I am guessing that my students wouldn't be able to edit the page. It is too confusing and they would not attempt to try. So if by a miracle there were changes made I gues it would notify me because I asked it to. || Well this girl is OVER her wiki experience. When you go to the links you will see that there is not much on the MediaWiki.org page. My Wikispace is ok. Atleast I was able to add an image and work with it. However, this page is proof that Wikispaces takes the fabulous title for tonight.
 * **How do They Rate?** || **Wikispaces
 * **Easy to Use** || Absolutely! Love it. This is a wiki friendly site. Especially for those of us who are not wiki fluent. I am liking wikispaces :-) || They are very explicit as to what it's NOT! At first glance you get a tool bar that looks foreign to me. I don't understand the language that MediaWiki is speaking to me. I'm not quite sure what to do with it. ||
 * **Editing/Is it WYSIWIG** || Yes very Wysiwig! As I work I can see my changes immediately and anticipate my final product. There is a lot of ease with wikispaces and this inclines me to want to edit as well as have fun with it. Wikispaces takes the lead in the race so far. || Limited options for editing and you do not see immediate changes. Changes are in HTML. This is not inviting for users, in my opinion. Im not comfortable with HTML so I am not motivated to edit. ||
 * **Version Control** || I like how the wikispaces auto saves! This is fantastic, sort of reminds me of [|google pages.] Wikispaces wins hands down on this section. || In order to view your history there is a tab at the top to check it. However when I clicked on it I was confused. There are too many options. I chose one and nothing happened. As I continue to edit I am trying to hang on. ||
 * **Discussion** || I like that there is a discussion tab at the top and it takes you straight to a comment template. || Well MediaWiki has a discussion tab as well however, it took me to a page that said nothing existed. :-( I'm getting more confused by the minutes. ||
 * **Subscription to Article** || Others can easily edit this page and I can easily be notified of any changes. Once again, Wikispaces is my friend. || Like I said before I see a "Notify Me," tab but I can't locate the RSS Feed option. I am starting to feel rage with this page! Wait, maybe it's the tab that says "watch." ||
 * **Security** || Safety first with Wikispaces. Seems as though I can be notified of all changes and it gave me the option to choose. Thank you Wikispaces. || When I posted an external link I had to type in one of those blurred out secret messages in order for it to work. I guess it avoids spam. I appreciate the effort but it puts added work on my part. ||
 * **Contributions** || Student changes would be easy to track with the history tab and the RSS Feed.