WikiNodes

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WikiNodes is an app for the Apple iPad built by IDEA.org. [1] WikiNodes was the first tablet app for browsing Wikipedia using a radial tree approach to visualize how articles and subsections of articles are interrelated. The app displays related items (articles or sections of an article), which spread on the screen, as a spiderweb of icons. [2]

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Operation

The app uses the SpicyNodes visualization technique which was awarded a "best for teaching and learning" award in 2011 from American Association of School Librarians (AASL), [3] and voted #edchat's 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools in 2010. [4]

The user interface is based on two display modes:

As of June 2011, the app supports the 36 top Wikipedia languages (by number of articles).

Reception

The app was highlighted as a "Staff pick" by Apple's U.S. App Store, Week of May 28, 2011; as "New and Noteworthy" by Apple's U.S. App Store, Week of May 5, 2011; and at other times by Apple's app stores for non-US countries. [10] It has been favorably covered by several bloggers, including those in the references below. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia's 'The Signpost' 13 June 2011, In the news.
  2. ↑ Mossberg, Walt. "Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App", 28 September 2011. The Wall Street Journal . (subscription required) The article mentions WikiNodes, while discussing the Britannica app, noting that "This kind of visual array of related items isn’t a new idea. In fact, there is an iPad app called WikiNodes which does something similar for Wikipedia content."
  3. ↑ AASL. June 2011. Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning.
  4. ↑ edudemic.com, "The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You" (August July 2010).
  5. ↑ WikiNodes: app that presents a keyword to a word association game. Ideal for expedition Wikipedia! (Japanese) AppBank
  6. ↑ "The interface presentation of information [is] similar to that of mind mapping, which I love." – Jess Seilheimer, Digilicious Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "The interface is a freestyle drag and zoom bonanza that lets you jump between related articles easily." – iPad Apps Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "[WikiNodes]...could redefine the way that you use Wikipedia on the iOS." – Blake Grundman, 148Apps
  9. ↑ "WikiNodes takes the huge sprawling maze of information that is Wikipedia and organizes it into a spider web of knowledge." – Phil Hornshaw, Yahoo! News & Appolicious
  10. ↑ To see history of prior features in the Apple app store, adjust the date on this App Annie page Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ WikiNodes for iPad – Making Wikipedia Fun to Explore by Patrick Jordan on May 11, 2011 / http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-app-reviews/wikinodes-for-ipad-making-wikipedia-fun-to-explore/ Archived 2013-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
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