Friday, July 16, 2010
Thing 5
Prior to this "thing", I have never used wikis. Although I have seen different things refer to wikis...I really had no idea what it was. After reading and working on the 8 thing wiki, I feel that it is similar to blogging. The sites I went to looked similar to me also. The main difference I found was anyone is able to make changes (or add information) to your wiki. Since I am not familiar with wikis, it all seems a little foreign to me. I am very hands on. Once I use wikis more wikis I feel I will have a better understanding of them. I do feel that setting up a classroom wiki would be more beneficial than a blog. A blog would be more for getting information out there, where a wiki is more for sharing information with others. Of course any type of technology would benefit students. Wikis would benefit them more hands-ons than blogging (in my opinion)...but my knowledge and use of wikis is very limited.
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You're definitely going in the right direction explaining the difference between a wiki and a blog. A wiki is much more collaborative in nature, and is open to editing from more individuals, whereas, in a blog, one author creates content and others respond to it.
ReplyDeleteYou said that you might have a better understanding after using a wiki. Did you contribute to the 8 Things wiki? What were your experiences as you edited the page?