ICT SupportThink Outside the Blog

Think Outside the Blog. Tim Stahmer. Tech Learning. Online January 2006. Web logs are great vehicles for an interactive exchange of ideas between a handful of people, but blogs are not as effective when a large number of people want to collaborate, contribute, and easily find information on a given topic. That's when you need a wiki. … Educators at all levels are finding ways to incorporate wikis into their teaching. … With a simple wiki, students from one class, multiple classes, or even multiple schools can post their writing samples for comment …