[Web4lib] Wikis vs blogs

[Cary Gordon]

Forget wikis and blogs. You need forums!

Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com



On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Kristen Shea wrote:

>    Hello all,
>       Since everyone was extremely useful yesterday in answering my  
> question
> about ESL programs. I greatly appreciate everyone taking time out  
> of their
> busy schedules to respond.
>       My next thing that I'm trying to decide on is the best method of
> communicating with the students, besides e-mail. I was thinking  
> that the
> wiki would be cool and innovative but I do worry about the students  
> erasing
> comments or things like that. With a blog, I could make posts about  
> various
> ideas/events but I'm not sure if that would necessarily initiate
> communication/talk with the student body. Does anyone have  
> experience with
> either of these mediums? If so, what were the pros and cons of the  
> different
> forms of media you used? Also, if you used wiki or blog, which  
> software did
> you use?
>        Thank you very much! I would greatly appreciate everyone's  
> imput!
>                        Kristen Shea
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