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Thing 22

In your blog post be sure to include the link to your wiki. Then discuss your feelings about using a wiki. How does a wiki differ from a blog? When is one more appropriate to use than the other?

I made two wikis: Wiki of Doom and SmashMedia
However, there is nothing on either of them at the moment. I might make SmashMedia a project for my Mass Media class that is ending next month--and a new one starts soon after that. I have a few ideas, but they need some stewing time.

Wikis differ from blogs in that blogs are more like journals and wikis are like newspapers in that there is a variety of content by many contributers. How's that for analogies?

Appropriateness? For what? It seems for the classroom, the wiki has more control over it than allowing students to make a class blog.

I'm still skeptical, let's see where these go.
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