Web+2.0

BLOGS AND WIKIS

Wikis and blogs are increasingly being used for educational purposes because they support writing, collaboration, and active learning and because students and instructors do not have to learn technical skills nor transfer files to a server. There are significant differences between blogs and wikis, which makes each tool better suited for particular educational purposes. Wikis often take an encyclopedic form, while blogs typically are more like journals that can be read and commented on by others. Blogs are well suited for the novice writer attempting the many challenges of audience-centered writing because members of the public can view them and post comments. Wikis, on the other hand, are uniquely suited to collaborative writing because contributors can write over a page rather than simply adding to it. From http://dmc.umn.edu/projects/gustafson/

Great sites to see how teachers use blogs and wikis in their classrooms: http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-i-use-wikis-what-do-you-do.html

Recent article on using wikis in education: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/web20/64335.html?wlc=1220389383