BS: QWIKI: good or bad?

Subject: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 21 Mar 11 - 05:02 PM

This QWIKI instant presentation generator draws together information from wikipedia and pictures and puts them together in a presentation.

You type in a subject and it does all the work. Quite fun and gratifying for the first couple of goes. There is an option to improve the finished product, but only lets you add links to pictures. youtube videos and correct sound quality pronunciation in the recording. Apparently you cannot add extra research.

Link to the Mudcat Cafe presentation below

http://www.qwiki.com/q/#!/Mudcat_Caf%C3%A9

So how many students will try to pass off these presentations as their own work before your average teacher cottons on?

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Mar 11 - 05:05 PM

Lots.

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: Will Fly
Date: 21 Mar 11 - 06:29 PM

Just tried it out on a few topics - pretty crude results so far...

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 21 Mar 11 - 06:39 PM

Only provides info from the top of the wikipedia page, Will. If it permitted you to modify and expand on that info it would be pretty cool. It also provides related topics to research which on my Steampunk search were interesting.

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: Beer
Date: 21 Mar 11 - 06:53 PM

Well I have been typing many different place and it is a lot of fun. I can see where this would be a handy tool for young students.
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Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: michaelr
Date: 22 Mar 11 - 02:23 PM

Tried the link - "Could not find a Quiki presentation by that name"

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: Joe_F
Date: 22 Mar 11 - 06:32 PM

Its pronunciation of "mudcatters" is odd.

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: frogprince
Date: 22 Mar 11 - 06:38 PM

Haven't had a bad qwiki yet.

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 22 Mar 11 - 06:48 PM

It seems to be limited in what it accepts as a subject - you can't combine multiple terms unless the compound is already known to Wikipedia. I tried to create one using the topic "sodomizing donkeys" and it gave up. There must be entries on both donkeys and sodomy, so why can't it just wing it?

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 02:48 PM

Oh bless you Jack... first good belly laugh I have had in a long while.

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: gnu
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 03:05 PM

froggy... that you know of. >;-)

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 08:31 PM

Well Jack, I figure that if enough of us try a particular topic, it might learn ....

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 08:37 PM

I like the line that says

"Sign up for Qwiki of the Day emails"

You can get it by email now?

Wow!

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: 3refs
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 05:26 PM

Virginia Tam
I liked that Qwiki thing. Not what I expected, but liked it all the same!

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 08:36 PM

Oooooooooooooooooooooo......

Subject: RE: BS: QWIKI: good or bad?
From: gnu
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 02:26 PM

You have to sign up for email. It's all over the net. All ya gotta do is flip the switch to manual.