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When to Wiki and when to Blog

Why Wiki?

  • Wikis are collaborative
  • Everybody can add to and edit a wiki
  • Changes to wikis can be monitored
  • Work done on an individual page can be linked to a page created by someone else



Why Blog?

  • Blogs are like a diary or journal that is written regularly
  • Once posted, only minor changes can be made to a blog
  • New topics are created the same way each time
  • Old blog entries can be archived.
  • Blogs are  usually written by individuals, but  they may be created by a team


Great Blog Sites for Kids and Teachers
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These blogs sites may require the user to have an email account)

Innovative Learning
Find out what is happening in the North Vancouver School District!

Frankie the Walk N' Roll Dog
Blog with a paralyzed daschund and learn all about her disability and her work as a therapy dog!

Joyfulpaws
Meet Frankie's mom, Barb Techel, an award winning children's author

Iggy's World

Children't author, Melissa Williams, has created a blog for her book Iggy the Iguana

Hoot Review
Blog about the novel "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Authors Blogs
Blogs for many authors are featured here

Jacket Flap
A social networking community where you can connect with published authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults

Top 100 Education Blogs
Education blogs are becoming a means for educators, students, and education administrators to interact more effectively than ever before

The Write Weblog
An article showing how elementary students blog

Edublogs
Blogging for teachers and students, made easy



Great Wiki Sites for Kids and Teachers

Frankie's Friends! The Canadian Connection!
A wiki created by a teacher for work done with Frankie, the walk'n roll dog (see blogs)

CoolCat Teacher
Advice and instructions on how to wiki for a classroom

WikiSpaces
Wikispaces is a hosted service that lets you create a wiki for collaborative working

PB Wiki
A hosted wiki solution suitable for businesses and education

WetPaint
Wetpaint is hosted service to create free wikis that is easy to build and fun to share



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