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These four friends are going on a camping trip.

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They need to bring the right supplies because they're backpacking.

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The group needs to plan and plan well, so coordination is key.

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They're all computer users, so they start planning with an email.

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It starts with one, but then becomes a barrage.

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Email is not good at coordinating and organizing a group's input.

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This is the old way.

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Boo!

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The important information is scattered across everyone's inbox.

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This isn't coordination.

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Let's start over.

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There is a better way.

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It requires using a website called a wiki.

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Using a wiki, the group can coordinate their trip better.

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This is the new way.

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Yay!

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Most wikis work the same.

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They make it easy for everyone to change what appears on a web page with the click of a button.

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It's as easy as erasing a word and rewriting it.

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The buttons are really important.

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There are two that are essential.

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They are edit and save, and they are always used together.

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Let's see them in action.

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Here are our camping friends, and this is a wiki website.

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Like all wikis, it has an edit button.

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Clicking this button transforms the web page into a document.

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All you have to do is click it, and the web page becomes a document ready for editing.

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Editing the page means you can add or remove words or change how they look,

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just like writing a letter.

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Once you're finished editing, you click save, and the document becomes a web page once again

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and is ready for the next person to edit it.

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Easy.

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Edit, write, and save.

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Using this process, a group can coordinate more easily.

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Let's apply this to our camping friends who need to bring the right supplies.

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Mary signs up for a wiki site and then sees the new site for the first time.

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She clicks the edit button to get started.

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She creates two lists for camping, what we have and what we need.

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Under we have, she lists the things she will bring, a cooler, stove, and flashlight.

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Under we need, she lists items that others need to bring, compass, lighter, water, and food.

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She finishes the process by clicking save, and the website now has lists for the camping trip.

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Now it's John's turn.

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John visits the wiki website, clicks edit, and the page becomes a document ready for him to make changes.

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John volunteers to bring food and water, so he moves those to the have column.

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He also realizes the group will need a knife and rope.

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Once he's finished, he clicks save, and the wiki is ready for the next person.

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Henry visits the wiki, clicks edit, and he can edit the page.

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He remembers they need a tent.

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Henry saves the page, and the wiki is ready for Frank.

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Frank edits the page and agrees to bring the remaining items, completing the process.

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Frank saves the page and realizes something awesome.

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The group has created the perfect camping list, without email. Yay!

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But wait, one thing is missing.

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They need a location for the campsite.

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The wiki can help with this too, but another page is needed.

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John visits the wiki and clicks edit to edit the page.

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He types in the word locations and highlights it.

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He then clicks the link button.

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This changes the word locations into a link to a new page.

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John clicks save and next, Frank visits the wiki and sees the list and the link to the new page.

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He clicks on the locations link and arrives at the new page.

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This new page enables the group to use the same edit-write-save process to coordinate locations.

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This process can be repeated over and over.

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These three buttons, edit, save, and link, make it possible to organize a great camping trip

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or create the world's biggest encyclopedia.

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You can sign up for your own wiki at these websites, pbwiki, wetpaint, or wikispaces.

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I'm Lela Fever and this has been Wikis in Plain English on the Common Craft Show.