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Blogs Wikis Docs Chart

Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson?A Comparison Table

Blogs Wikis Docs

Nature A blog is a web log, a f requent lyupdated website. More -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

A wiki is a web page that visitors can quickly edit.More - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Google Docs provides an online offic esuite t hat allows you to ac cess yourdocuments from any computer via a webbrowser. It also facilitates collaborationand sharing. More -http:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docs

Authors Usually only one person or a smallteam can post. Each post is oneauthor's voice. Others can only leavecomments.

Many. Most wikis allow either anonymous editing orediting by a limited number of approved users.

Each document is created by anindividual, who c an then invitecollaborators.

Collaborators Usually visitors can comment.Sometimes a small team has the abilityto post.

All visitors can be collaborators - or access to editthe wiki can be limited to approved users.

Docs can be shared with a small team of collaborators at one time(synchronously). A larger number of users can collaborate asynchronously.

Organization Reverse chronological order. Thenewest post appears at t he top of thepage and older posts move down untilarchived (usually by month). Most blogsystems also support creation of a few

static pages, such as an about pageor class expectations page.

A wiki site is a hyperlinked collection of individualpages.

Each document is separate. Users canview all docs that they create orcollaborate on at their Google Docshome page, which allows organization infolders. A published doc ument c an be

viewed as an individual website.

Updates Frequency of updates varies, but blogstend to be updated more often andmore consistent than wikis and docs.Visitors return often to blogs that areupdated frequently and consistently.RSS users can also subscribe to a feedso that new posts c ome to t hemautomatically.

Wikis are updated as needed, usually when newinformation about the t opic bec omes ava ilable,information changes, or a mistake is found. RSSusers can subscribe to a feed so that they arenotified of changes automatically.

Docs are usually created and edited fora specific purpose, but t hey can besaved indefinitely for reuse at a latertime.

Benefits Blogs are easily created and easilyupdated.

If you can email, you can blog! Andadding images and files is as easy asadding attachments.

Some blog syst ems allow authors t oembed media.

It's a Two- Way Tec hnology - visitorscan leave comments.

Most blogs allow teams of authors withvarious permissions.

Some blogging systems allow users todownload a backup of their blog.

Wikis maintain a history of all revisions to eachpage, including who made what changes.

Most wikis also provide a disc ussion forum for eac hpage, though this is not always a threadeddiscussion.

Most wikis allow different permissions for differentusers.

If you can word process, you use a wiki! And addingimages and files is as easy as adding attachmentsto an email.

Most wikis allow users to download an html backup.

Google Docs are the best choice forsynchronous collaboration on a singledocument - with some delay, users cansee others changes as they occ ur! Thesystem handles conflicting changes well.

A history of revisions is kept for alldocuments.

Each spreadsheet has a built in chatroom for collaborators.

Each presentation has a built in chatroom for viewers.

Upload and export most word processing

and spreadsheet file types.

Drawbacks No multiple authors on a single post(usually).No history of revisions on a single post(usually).

Though archives are searchable andcan be organized by category, it canbe difficult to find old content.

Some blogging systems do not allowusers to download a backup of theirblog.

Users can overwrite each others' changes if theyare editing the same page at the same t ime. Wikisare best for asynchronous collaboration, notsynchronous c ollaboration.

Though many wiki systems now have WY SIWYG(what you see is what you get) editors, some wikisrequire additional knowledge of wiki syntax that isdifferent than HTML. This is helpful fortroubleshooting problems w ith WY SIWYG editors,too. Wiki syntax can be different for different wikisystems.

Though a history o f revisions is available, arc hivesof old content are not easily accessible by categoryor searching.

The history of revisions can be difficultto navigate.

Old data may be difficult to find becauseit is not easily accessible by category orsearching.

Only a small number of users cancollaborate synchronously. (About 10 indocs and presentations, but Google says50 can join a spreadsheet at one time.)

Docs only allow two levels of permissions: viewers & collaborators(plus owners).

Importing and exporting files is limited toonly a few formats (but Microsoft Officeformats are included: .doc, .xls, .ppt)

Examples Examples:Educational Technology andLife (My profess ional blog)Clark's Blog (A personal blog

Examples:Podcast article on WikipediaThe Palm Srings USD tech plan was written ona wiki !

ExamplesOur Demo FormThe results (a publishedspreadsheet)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pEsTMhF4BsyjWRYT3xpNJcghttp://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&cfg=true&formkey=cEVzVE1oRjRCc3lqV1JZVDN4cE5KY2c6MA..http://pstechplan.wikispaces.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasthttp://clarkkelley.blogspot.com/http://edtechlife.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

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about my son - with much moremulti-media t han edt echlife)

Spectrum of Uses:Teacher web sites ExampleClass web sites ExampleLearning journals ExampleBook Clubs ExampleConnect with Authors andExperts ExamplePen Pals Example (See GlobalAwareness and Cultural Literac yThrough Elect ronic Dialog)Professional DevelopmentExampleReflective Pract iceExample (Also, don't miss DavidWarlick's blog .)More Examples:http://www.supportblogging.comGet Started:http://www.blogger.com orhttp://www.edublogs.org

Subject Specific Examples:Algebra ExampleArt ExampleEnglish ExampleMusic ExamplePhysical Ed. ExampleScience Example

Social Studies Example

More Examples:The Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.orgDave Conlay's Aristotle Experiment -http://aristotle-experiment.wikispaces.comEva Wagner's Houghton-Mifflin TechResources Wiki -http://hmtech.wikispaces.comEva Wagner's Technology Integration Projectsfor Grades K-3 -http://techtips.wikispaces.comDan McDowell's Wiki Resources -http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/necc2006/More Workshop Wikis -

http://edtechlife.com/?page_id=1399More Examples (A wiki about wikis ineducation!) -http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Get Started:http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers/

More On Educational Wikis:Why Wiki?The Infinite Wiki Machine (Answers thequestion "when is a wiki bett er than a blog?)Wiki While You Work (Long Video)Wikis in Plain English (Short Video)See another great workshop about w ikis (fromCTAP IV):http://www.ctap4.org/infolit/wiki.htm

ResourcesGoogle Docs for EducatorsGoogle Docs (Session from theGoogle Teacher Academy)Google Docs in TheClassroom (PDF from the GoogleTeacher Academy)Create a Permeable Classroom -Part I: Google Docs PresentationsGoogle Docs in plain EnglishGet Started:http://docs.google.com

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