In our tech course, we were asked to look at blogs or wikis, but as I'm pretty interested in ALL the things we talk about in class, I thought I'd go ahead and look for some interesting blogs. So, how is a wiki different from a blog? First, both are Web 2.0 tools, meaning that both are interactive, and both can be used by a person, or persons, to create pages about a particular topic. The difference, as far as I can tell, is really the interface. A blog is set up to be something more like a journal. It is ordered in terms of dates of entry, and contains personal thoughts as well as links to other information. A wiki, on the other hand, is not organized in terms of dates, but in terms of types of materials (think wikipedia). It is more like an organized webpage.
Anyway, if you have better ways to distinguish between the two, feel free to respond! :-)
To conclude today's post, here's a link to a bunch of education-related wikis. I've looked at a few and there's a TON of great information in them. Enjoy! http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
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