Blogs and Wikis

• Electronic journal
• Chronological order
• Authors can only edith its content
• Content include: opinions, insights, links of other web sites, videos, images

Blogs

Characteristics:

A teacher blog

Student blogs

Class blog

Project or topic blogs

Types of blogs

- Basic technological skills for creating- Dynamic and ever-changing- Easy sharing content

Advantages and disadvantages:

Blogs and Wikis

- No public changes are allowed- Internet conexion is essential- Hard use from another technological equipments

Wikis

Characteristics

They allow people to work together on a common webpage.

They are built up by a group.

They are about collaborative work.

Advantages

1.You can creat a wiki with tools.2.You can edit a page. The page can be linked to your wiki.3."Process Writing"

Uses

1.Brainstorm2.Draft3.Revise4.Edit5.Publish

- Class homepage.- post messages and assignments, liks to resources-Pul Ss to a central location-Ss create their own profile pages

-Collecting information on a particular subject-Great online collaborative projects.-Risks of posting incorrect info.-History and editing function

Wiki class site

Wikis as collections

Wikis VS. Blogs

-Based on commentary-Only the writer can edit its post, others can add comments.-Organized chronically-Tend to present a particular view and are personal.-Useful for spreading info to the outside and linking with like-minded people oor those whith shared interests.

Based on editing-Anyone can edit anything-NO predetermined structure (based on hyperlinks)-Product of multiple inputs-Useful for developing internal communities and collaboration.