In chapter 2 on page 21 Richardson writes: "From a teaching standpoint, having a place to publish the course curriculum, syllabus, class rules, homework assignments, rubrics, hanouts, and presentations makes a Weblog a powewrful course management tool." I'm sold. On Weblogs that is. But what I am confused upon is how exactly a class Wiki is any better than a weblog. What can a Wiki give a class that a Weblog can't? I'm talking about a class wiki. Like Richardson, I think Wikipedia is a phenomenal if not transitional tool.
I know students can edit a class wiki, but can't they design a weblog as well?
I do like wikipedia, and think that my students have valuable knowledge to add to this all encompassing online source. Just a few weeks ago, a neighborhood many of my students live in was featured on WLKY's "Louisville's most dangerous streets." My students saw this program and thought it was mostly incomplete and mostly inaccurate. I would like to see them put out a more accurate perseption of the neighborhood somewhere.
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