PDRT+September+27,+2011+Wikis+and+Blogs+in+the+Classroom

Welcome to Wikis and Blogs in your Classroom!

What is a wiki?
The word wiki comes from the Hawaiian term //wiki-wiki,// which means quick or fast.

Wikis are websites where users can add, remove, and edit the content of pages within the wiki. A wiki can be customized by uploading images and embedding media making it a powerful online collaboration tool.

Let's watch this 3 minute [|Common Craft]video introducing wikis.

For additional information on wikis see [|Wikipedia's] description of a wiki. For additional information on how to create your own wiki and for ideas about how a wiki can be used in your classroom, see our Waltham Public School Middle School Wiki page.

What is a blog?
A blog is a conversation about a topic online. One person posts an opinion and invites comments. Other people respond. Students can learn to think about a topic more reflectively through the use of a blog.

Bare Bones Blogging

[|Talking Art Blog]

Click on the link below and watch a 3 minute Common Craft video introducing blogs:

[|What ia a blog?]

**//What is the difference between a wiki and a blog?//**
A wiki has an open structure and allows others to add to and change what one person has written.

A blog shares writing and multimedia content in the form of “posts” and “comments”. Commenting, and even posting, are open to the members of the blog or the general public, but no one is able to change a comment or post made by another.

** How would //you// use a wiki or blog? ** Scroll down to the bottom of the wallwisher below and link to the "post a sticky" tab. Tell us how you might use a wiki or blog in your classroom.

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[|Tell us what you Think!]