- Easy to set up and edit
Access to anyone in the world - Unable people to express their own ideas
Link to other websites - Insert photos
Place to collaborate on projects
Public form of communication
2. Blogs vs. Wikis – DIFFERENCES
BLOGS: Usually single author; Usually personalCollaborative; Reverse Chronological order; Newest entry at the top; Only blogger can update the post;Each post followed by signature; External Links.
WIKIS: Collaborative Authoring; Usually objectiveMany people edit the page; Structure determined by content and users; Allow open editing; Anonymous posts; External and Internal Links.
IDEA: I think students and teachers should use both Blogs and Wikis more often as this would allow them to communicate more effectively and become a place to collaborate on projects. They both are generating different types of discussion and may successfully suit educational purposes if used properly by individuals. “Wikis excel at collaboration” and “are intended to maintain a series of unique documents as their content evolves” as stated in “How to use Wikis for Business” by Ezra Goodnoe. He explains that Wiki can centralize all types of data, such as spreadsheets, Power Point slides, Word Documents and other extensively used by students on everyday basis when working on group projects. Collaborative format of Wikis would be a central location where shared documents can be viewed and revised by students when working on a particular topic.
I think Wikis should be used more often in classes as well but not so much with Blogs. Since blogs aren't as collaborative in comparison to wikis.
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