This week we read about blogs and wikis in education. A blog or web log is a communication tool that can be used in very different ways. Primary can they can be use for the discussion of a specific topic. The discussion is listed and then the blog followers can post they opinion base on what they just read in the other posts.
Wikies are virtual sharing spaces. They can be use to share any type of digital information. Collaboration is facilitated through the use of this technology.
I strongly believe in the potential of these technologies in education. However, as any other educational instrument its success is going to be related to the clear educational goal for what it is being used. Garner (2000, p.34) mentions, “Before embracing any new technology, we need to declare our educational goals and demonstrate how a particular technology can help us achieve them.”
Gardner, H. (2000). Can technology exploit our many ways of knowing? 32-35.
