Wiki+vs.+Blog

Blog Vs. Wiki Wiki's are much simpler for both the creator and the user to navigate. The Wiki is intuitive to create and easily modified into a teaching tool. __**I would use a Wiki mainly for developing learners like a K-8 student setting, an elementary school teachers' exchange of data and possibly a classroom website or even a parents' main point of informational exchange.**__ This tool allows for easy modification and allows for a rather simpler set of interactions. The two way communication exchange is easy enough and it does allow for visual goodies like pics, movies and web links.

My Edublog (maestra4u) will be my new creative venture this summer. I have done personal blogs before but the capacity for a more complicated site thrills me. Edublog has a much more complicated format that does not easily allow for modification unless you already have a good amount of tech skills. The Edublog creator must definitely have a greater grasp of technology to create and modify an effective teacher blog for their students and peers. The user must also have a greater command of technology to interact fully. **__I would use Edublog in a higher learning environment like a High School or as a school administrative informational exchange for teacher documentation, forms, news letters and professional development exchanges.__** The Edublog has more complex functionality and thus many possible educational applications that also allow for a more complex, creative interaction and all sorts of goodies for (geeks) those not scared to dedicate some the time into creating a unique tool. I viewed some University examples and felt a challenge to create my own complicated Edublog.