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Wikis or Blogs what is the difference?

9/8/2013

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Wikis or Blogs what is the difference?

Before reviewing material and investigating the difference between Wikis and Blogs, I thought they were basically the same just different wording.  Being familiar with Wikipedia, I saw wikis as a blog but just for information.  I now see a purpose for wikis in education from various directions.  After reviewing Kathy Davis‘s blog and her Flat Classroom Project.  I see wikis as a global collaboration site.  As a social studies teacher and with a background in travel having my students working with other student around the world to solve real world issues, I see wikis as the venue for this type of collaboration.

Along with being a collaboration tool, wikis are a tool to build digital citizenship and resource tools.  Richardson states “Give students editorial control can imbue in them sense of responsibility” (Richardson, 2010, pg.61).  I have never been a fan of Wikipedia or allowed it as a research tool. However, the use of wikis can be used to teach students proper use and what must be validate in Wikipedia in research.  The use of wikis allows greater understanding of Wikipedia and how and when to use it (Richardson, pg.59).

In my classroom along with building global collaboration with wikis, I would like to use other ideas I reviewed.  My classes have used QR codes to create digital time lines, the idea of using QR codes embedded into a wiki as a scavenger hunt for review as used in Jennifer Barnett’s classroom is an idea I am quite interested in.  This integrates technology in various forms and is student centered.  Vicki Davis’ student’s study hall is also an easy integration of technology and student centered and driven.  What greater way then having students to create something that serves a purpose and meaning to them and their fellow students and can improve student achievement.

So after much review, there is a difference between a Wiki and a Blog but both have a purpose in education.

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.).    Thousand Oak, California: Corwin.

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Sandra Bennett link
9/11/2013 02:22:20 am

Hello Christa,

Thank you for your insightful blog on Wikis, and so much of it was relatable to me. While I personally have used Wikipedia on occasions, like you I had not seen the Wiki as a tool much different than a blog or something similar to what I had already been using in the classroom (Weebly webpage and Edmodo). I understand how your interest and experience in travel translates to a desire to have your students connected with the world outside the classroom. Having your students collaborating with others around the world to solve real-world issues will be an authentic and engaging process for them, I believe. I hope to do the same from a science perspective.

Additionally, I was inspired by your comments about using your Wiki for the QR Code activity. Your students’ QR digital timelines could be posted on the Wiki and students could collaboratively construct perhaps. The QR code scavenger hunt review sounds like an idea that would work very nicely as well.

Finally, I appreciated your thoughts on using Wikis to build digital citizenship tools and resources. This will become especially critical with the potential vulnerabilities of our students involved using web tools and communicating outside the boundaries of the classroom. How do you plan manage this with your students? In one of the Wikis I reviewed I recalled seeing a page dedicated to this topic. It seems necessary to send home information to parents as well.

Thanks again, Crista, for your blog on this topic.

Sandra Bennett

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        • Standards >
          • Standard 1 >
            • 1.1 Shared Vision
            • 1.2 Strategic Planning
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            • 1.4 Diffusion of Innovations & Change
          • Standard 2 >
            • 2.1 Content Standards & Student Tecnhology Standards
            • 2.2 Research-Based Learner-Centered Strategies
            • 2.3 Authentic Learning
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            • 3.1 Classroom Management & Collaborative Learning
            • 3.2 Managing Digital Tools and Resources
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            • 3.5 Basic Troubleshooting
            • 3.6 Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools & Resources
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      • Pre Assessment
      • Symbaloo Lesson Plans
      • Blendspace
      • iTunes U
      • PlayPosit
      • Post Assessment
      • Formative Resources
    • Let’s Get Personal: Use of Office 365 and Creation of Digital Student Portfolios >
      • Choice Boards
      • Sensory Figures
      • Collaboration Space
      • Portfoilo Resources
    • Pushing the Boundaries- ISTE 2016
  • Technology Lessons
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