Websites and blogs are very different from each other. I wouldn’t say it’s like comparing apples to oranges, but I feel that they both serve different purposes. Websites are less collaborative than blogs. Blogs allow people to discuss topics and learn together about a topic and share what they know. Websites are informational but do not allow for people to post and collaborate on the content actively. One person, company, or a small group of people contribute to a website that has the permission to do so, while with a blog any person that the author allows can make comments or add to the blog.
Both websites and blogs have a similar downfall and that is accuracy. I feel that people have to be cautious about what they believe to be factual. This has been an issue with the internet once it became public domain. In a blog it seems easier to run across inaccurate information than in a website only because it is more of a “living” document than a web site. Though websites can be updated as often as a blog, it is harder to have people from outside of the website creators to make changes to the content.
Great point! One must be cautious about most information posted online. It's always best to do a background check of the author's credentials. How do you see yourself using blogs with your biology and chemistry students?
ReplyDeleteI have used forums with my students, but not blogs. I could see blogs in a similar way to the forums that I have used. I can see them being used as a way for students to track the work they do on a long term project, to collaborate on group projects and to use to help my students with CER (Claim, Evdience, Reasoning) inquiry skills. This could be done through giving them a blog to read and have them look for evidence(or lack of evidince) that a author of a blog may have to prove a point.
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