Blog vs. Wiki

Before my course in Social Media, I had only a limited amount of experience with blogs. I'd kept up with a friend's Total Eclipse Blog and how to prepare for it and I have a cousin who blogs, and I've kept up with her posts. 

 My mind was reeling on what a wiki was and the differences between them. After reading my course textbook "Social Media in the Classroom" I had a much better grasp at the differences between the two. 

 I would like to mention, a number of articles involving wiki's and blog's covered the ESL classroom. As a certified ESL teacher, I instantly realized that these teaching tools are extremely useful in the ESL or ELL curriculum. 


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Wiki vs. Blog
Descriptor Wiki Blog
Has three different models yes yes
WYSIWYG- what you see is what you get yes, like word dashboard to edit
Editable by collective individual only
Restore option yes no
customization look yes yes
updating ongoing efforts of community maintained by owner
Constructivist Theory yes; situated learning theory yes
Language Reception(ESL environment) yes no
Language feedback, interaction, sharing yes yes
Language production yes yes
Increase interest and motivation yes yes
Format structured to help readers find what they are looking for Continuous stream of thought
Other comparisons Great of ESL learners
excellant for critique and reflection
set different permissions for contributors others add comments, but can not change post
organize folders to aid in finding information organized automatically by date; newest post at top
best when information needs to be modified and enhanced best for disseminating information and enabling feedback
Uses summaries of thoughts as a collective summaries of thoughts as individual
publishing course resources Groupwork
knowledge base reflection
map concepts discussion
presentation tool classroom news
lab book of notes literature response
writing assignments by team
develope research projects




The following are a series of resources used to create the table above.

Textbook by Megan Poore "Using Social Media in the Classroom"

 Content Creators and Language Learners: Exploring Web 2.0 and Wikis Dr. by: Dorothy Valcarcel Craig Middle Tennessee State University USA

 The use of a group blog to actively support learning activities by: Paulo Duarte First Published March 23, 2015

 Class blogs as a teaching tool to promote writing and student interaction Miriam Sullivan, Nancy Longnecker University of Western Australia

 The Comparison of the Opinions of the University Students on the Usage of Blog and Wiki for Their Courses Ummuhan Avci and Petek Askar1

 Wiki as a Teaching Tool by: Kevin Parker and Joseph Chao

Assignment 3 due 9/24/2017 
Completed 9/20/2017

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