Wikis are exciting and empowering.
They allow asynchronous communication.
They encourage group collaboration.
They have the potential to develop diverse learning communities.
They are great learning tools for students, when handled appropriately.
Swan View Senior High School’s Wiki. You will need to sign-in first.
What is a blog? Well this site is a Blog! Consider a blog to be:
- A personal diary
- A collaborative space
- A political/social soapbox
- A breaking-news outlet
- A collection of links
- Your own private thoughts
- Memos to the world.
Your blog can be whatever you want it to be. Blogs are custom-made, and there are no real rules.
In simple terms, a blog is a web site where you write or comment, on an ongoing basis.
The latest blog entries are stacked on top, so your visitors can read what’s new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or choose just to read. Visitors can link your Blog to their own to make that process easier.
Blogger was launched in 1999, and since then blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.
Click on this Slideshare Presentation: Blogs and Wikis for Beginners. It provides some information that might get you thinking about the issues associated with students using Blogs in the classroom.
