3. Homework Assignment 13 - Blogs and Wikis

• Use the Internet to learn about blogs and wikis.

• Answer the following questions:

  1. What is a blog?

  2. What is a wiki?

  3. List some of the differences between the two.

  4. Why might someone create and use a blog?

  5. Why might someone create and use a wiki instead of a blog?

  6. Use blogger.com (or another blog site) to setup your own blog.

  7. You are required to post the answer to one of the above questions from this assignment in your blog.

  8. Post your blog's URL in the Blogs topic on the discussion board of the class website.

  9. View another student's blog – you should find a student's blog address on the discussion board.

  10. Post a comment in at least one of the student's blogs and send me the URL to that student's blog.

• Note: When posting a url link on the discussion board, include the full url with the protocol prefix http:\\.

  This will ensure that it appears as an actual HTML link, as opposed to plain text.