The difference between a wiki, blog and website
A blog is a reflective journal that contains personal opinions and thoughts on certain topics. These personal reflections can only be edited by the author but comments can be left by other people, the author will then observe and respond if necessary to this feedback. A blog would be useful as the teacher can view the students’ blog in relation to a particular topic such as a reflective journal for the current unit of work being undertaken by the students.
A wiki is a little different to a blog as the information in a wiki can be edited by anyone. Wikis are great for collaborative learning as students can all participate in discussions/activities without actually meeting in person to do so. A wiki increasingly grows in structure as many authors input their own information into the wiki. Group assignments can be conducted using a wiki as long as students have computer access and the internet they can contribute to the group assignment at any time that suits them.
Websites are more factual as they promote events or things. They can only be edited by the author so no one else can add information to the website. Students can use websites to source certain information needed for assignments or activities that show their new knowledge and understanding learnt for assessment purposes.
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