Thank you, Gladys. I would like to add google docs that allows unlimited number of people to collaborate in real time/or not on presentations, excel files, pdf files, and so on. If used correctly, it can function as a great collaborative learning tool. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction
You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Gladys Gahona <[email protected]>wrote: > We should first diferentiate each one of the services Google has: > *Google Sites > *Blogger > *Google Groups > *Knol > *so on > > * Google Sites is a platform for developing a traditional website. I have > a Google Site and I definitely would'nt recomend it... it is still limited > in many senses and HTML is extremely basic. > * Blogger is great, but its more like a cronological list of events, which > certainly can be categorized. It can be a nice collaborative tool. > * Google Groups is a mailing list manager & Forum. No more. > * Knol, the new tool of Google is more like wikis, keeps logs of revisions. > It has a nice edition tool. I have knoles for some spanish content. So far I > have embedded images, videos, like blogger does. HTML is a bit more > complete. > * Wiki is still to me the king of collaborative platforms. They still lack > in friendly edition, which can be sorted by building wiki skills. One > important point in favor of WikiEd is its escalability as an open source > application. There is an ever growing team of geek/tech folks developing > improvements for this platform. I trust in the current capacities and > potentialities > of wikimedia platform. I trust in our tech support team. > > Cheers > > 2009/4/30 Ben <[email protected]> > >> >> Basically, people collaborate using a wiki in order to change a single >> document or page, much like a google document (word processor, >> spreadsheet, or presentation); that is, people work together to >> collaborate on a particular piece of CONTENT. Although there is a >> discussion tab for posting, the heart of a wiki is using collaboration >> to change CONTENT. A blog and group (like google groups) are more for >> threaded discussions and are not concerned about editing a particular >> content page. Blogs tend to be more open to the public whereas groups >> are more closed (you typically need to be a member to either see posts >> or add to the posts). Most blogs you can add comments without being a >> member or having to sign in. There are exceptions and overlaps, but >> basically blogs are more open to the public and groups are more >> closed. Wikis are open, some allow people to change content without >> having an account while others require an account. >> >> You can get a deeper explanation by searching the web: What is a >> wiki? What is a blog? What is google groups? >> >> I hope this helps. >> Benjamin >> >> >> On Apr 30, 5:45 am, Wong Leo <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I often confuse this , is there any difference between a google site and >> a >> > wiki site like WE ? >> > also another similar questions would be What is Wiki on earth ? >> > I have been using blog recently in one of my projects , it is a group >> > projects which consits abt 6 schools , so I give each school the >> username >> > and password , so all of them can log in and starting writing on it >> > >> > The only difference maybe I cant see who edited it ( The history >> function of >> > Wiki ) but it is much easier to use this blog than using a wiki , and >> Blog >> > is also very updated in a much more user-friendly way . so a very old >> > question what is the difference between wiki and blog ? I don't see many >> > >> > All these goes back the question for a long time in my mind , when >> google >> > promote googlesite( from Jotspot) but they are very differencet , do you >> > think Google did it without mentioning the word called Wiki , there >> maybe a >> > reason for this ? >> > >> > anyway , it is a little bit off topic of this group questions , please >> share >> > what you think with us >> > >> > Leo >> > >> > -- >> > Leo Wong >> > -------------------------------------- >> http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/HELP >> > There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly >> with >> > the real teacher and real Kids >> >> > > > -- > Gladys Gahona > Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary grades. > http://chela5808.wordpress.com > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 > Skype:chela5808 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
