Blogs and Wikis are two very similar technologies, but they are also different in a few ways. Blogs and Wikis both allow for idea sharing. Wikis are for the most part a collaborative effort; many people are able to make changes, so its a combination of peoples thoughts about certain topics. According to the article on wikis on wikipedia.com a wiki is "a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. " The way that blogs are different is that they are more personalized. Usually it is one person that is able to create new post and edit old ones. Also blogs may include more about the personal lives of some people. Blogs also have been used as a news source. The article Celebrity Blogs: The Impact of New Media, discusses how some blog writers have been succesful in reporting celebrity news. They are one of the first to report the news as it comes out.
Convergence is very important in todays networked world. Communication is essenstial in today's world, and nowdays with technological convergence, it has become easier for people to communicate with others even if they are halfway across the world. Technologies like wikis and blogs have allowed employees from the same company but who are working in different countries share ideas and work together. In todays networked world this is very important because the better our communication tools are, the more we can get done.
A way that Blogs can be used for collaboration is by having a small group of people share a account and post there thoughts about a certain topic. This would all go on one blog, but since its more than one person writing, it wouldn't always stick to one side.
I can't really think of any new uses for wikis, but they are very powerful tools and can be used in many different ways. Any type of thing for sharing ideas and performing collaborative assignments, wikis should be able to do.
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