Blogs and WikisBlogs and Wikis Collaborating using Internet-Ready Tools

Similarities Writing tools Multiple users are creators of content Internet accessible tools – Anywhere, anytime content creation Customization Span across multiple classes or years

Differences Blogs Web journal Chronology Based Comments to content come from other users Interactive Widgets (e.g. Calendar, Twitter, Flickr, etc…) LDAP integration Wikis Collaboration Tool/Group Projects Track collaboration according to user Rollback capabilities Add users manually

Making the Decision: Blogs vs Wiki or Neither Why do you want a site outside of the LMS? Is this a project, course or organizational based site? Do you want this site to be accessible by everyone? Will there be guest users? What types of guest users will there be? Do you want to show chronological details? How long will this site need to be accessed? (For the course, year, etc…) What type of functionality do you want this site to have? How do you want the site to look after the content is populated?

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Wikis GRASPEA 21 – Collaboration on GRASP trip to Spain, student created site that compiled all information for the trip into one centralized area. GRASPEA 21 ZERO- Student collaborative site built around a centralized theme of the course. ZERO LAKEAPOPKA – Collaboration between multiple groups and classes centered around the issues of Lake Apopka. LAKEAPOPKA SARATOGA – Collaboration between students for a final project depicting the major characters of the Battle of Saratoga. SARATOGA

Blogs PROJECT MOSAIC – Multiclass collaborative blog centered around a common theme. PROJECT MOSAIC CRUCIAL DECADE– Student generated site compiled through multiple assignments resulting in a site that depicts the early territories of the US. CRUCIAL DECADE FILMS OF THE 80S – Student collaborations within the theme of the course. FILMS OF THE 80S FROM THE ARCHIVES – Departmental site that uses the blog to communicate with multiple audiences. FROM THE ARCHIVES

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