Blogs, Wikis, and Web-based word processors are all three great tools to use and all have a similar function but vary a little in how they are used. Bogs are an online writing tool that lets you set up your own personal site and space where you can go on and enter data entries and they will then show up with the one you posted most recently first and then continuing so the one you posted first will be last. What we are doing on this site is consided a blog. A wiki on the other hand is a web site, that you can personalize if you want just like a blog, but it is a site that allows other visitors to come on and add or edit the content you have put up. An example of this type of site would be Wikepedia. And finally a web-based word processor is a feature that allows people to upload files and store them online and then if they want to publish them at some point they have that option as well. All three of these tools would be useful in different ways within the classroom. Blogs would be good for students to respond to lessons from class or just questions that the teacher gives, like we do for this class. Wikis would be helpful to have for different class projects when students are creating and collaborating on what to do. Web-based word processors are just useful when kids need somewhere to save their work or they can even use it to work on team writing within the classroom. All three of these sites are useful for the kids to work with and learn.
The only one of these three that I have used is the blogging. We have the blog for this class but in high school we were asked to blog some to. I do not have a problem with blogging and it would probably be a go thing for students to learn how to do, but it is not something I would just do all the time for fun. It has been a good experience though to have to sit down and blog everyday. There are many different ways to teach students using blogs, wikis, or web-based word processors so using them ourselves gives us good practice with it as well.
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