Education is based on sharing information and growing from others knowledge. Blogs and Wikis are great tools for this type of education. With blogs, students have the chance to read, respond and create ideas on specific topics. For example, within the classroom, the topic may be World War II, students could use blogs to research and read the ideas of others to find why WWII started. For that same topic, students could respond using their blogs about why they feel WWII started (this could be a summative assessment). With a wiki students could collaborate with each other through a creative project.
If I had my students keep blogs,I could use a RSS reader to keep me up to date as to when they post something new on their blog. The students could use the RSS reader to be able to see when I as the teacher updated the class website.
Blogs and wikis are quite helpful within the classroom. Blogs and wikis help students develop their own thoughts and beliefs about specific topics. These technologies also help the teacher assess student learning on deeper level. However, if there is a lot of misinformation out on the internet and especially on blogs. If students are not equipped to analyze media they may struggle if given an assignment to go out and research a topic through blogs. Even when these type of disadvantages to blogs and wikis, these technologies can have a great positive impact on education.
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