SMART-8

Creating Content-Writing

A blog is a where someone can write and post a dated entry and then is is posted in order by date starting at the most recent and dating back to when the blog was started. Blogs have one writer or others who are added by the original owner and they are very personal. A wiki is one site that allows visitors to change content based on what they think is necessary. The information on wikis can be changed or edited by anyone. A web-based word processor is just like a normal word processor, but online you do not have to purchase the software necessary for offline word processors. This information can be published elsewhere if the writer thinks necessary.

Blogs can be used as a place for students to journal their personal thoughts or answers to questions, such as this blog, in a classroom. This can be used for book studies, sharing podcasts, or sharing presentations. Wikis can be used as jumping off points for research. It needs to be made known to students that these sites are not reliable sources because anyone can go in and add whatever information they want to them, but if a student needs direction then this is a great place to start. They can learn key words from already made wikis and use them to find if the information is actually true from better, more reliable sources. Classes can even make their own wiki and use it to share information that is useful for class projects. Web-based word processors can give many students an opportunity to collaborate on one project. Such as Google docs where many students can write in the same project at the same time and it appears on everyone's screens as they work. This would be great for something like round-robin writing, team writing, and peer editing.

The only experience I have with blogs and web-based word processors is the experience I have gained from this class. My blog for this class is a place for me to answer questions about reading that I have done throughout the weeks. We use web-based word processors for claiming websites or lessons that we are presenting in class so that my classmates know and there are not duplicates being presented. I have researched on some preexisting wikis, but like I said, I know the information is unreliable so I simply use them as a starting off point and then I look more in-depth into what I find there to make sure I am getting facts.