Blog v Wiki

Both blogs and wikis allows for the sharing of information for a wide audience the can be accessed by almost anyone with internet access. The main difference is in the content, regarding who gets to access to write, share, edit, and publish. In blogs, the person who owns the account is the single author that can write, edit, and publish content, although there is a comments section where readers can add their thoughts. A wiki is an open source that allows anyone to be able to edit and publish information on the site. Wikis refer to a collaborative environment with every participant being an author, where participants can work together on an idea.(1)

Convergence is something important in today's world with new media and technology. Old media had merged with new technology such as newspapers being available online or on an app. Blogs are like personal journals but with the added effect of using technology and sharing it with an audience online. Wikis are like encyclopedias, the old media, that share information and inform but today they are available online and allow for anyone to collaborate, add, and share information.

Blogs can be used for collaboration in a variety of ways. One way this is possible is through commenting and replying to other people's comments and posts. Hyperlinks also allow for collaborations by linking to other people's work and connect what they are reading. An interesting way blogs are used, that I found, was that teachers were using author's blogs in their classes with their students. Author's blogs were used as resources and for inspiration in their students writing, also learning from the writing process that these bloggers have shared. Additionally, this class found use in "live blogging" which is when the author is online at the same time as their readers and they are all blogging at the same time.(2)

References
(1) Avci, Ummuhan, and Petek Askar. "The comparison of the opinions of the university students on the usage of blog and wiki for their courses." Journal of Educational Technology & Society 15.2 (2012): 194-205. 

 (2) Johnson, Denise. "Teaching with authors' blogs: Connections, collaboration, creativity." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 54.3 (2010): 172-180.

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