Blogs+and+Wikis

Blogs and wikis can be used by teachers (and students!) as an easy-to-create-and-use website to post information and activities. If you don't want to take the time to design your own website and/or don't have web space to host a website, creating a blog or wiki for your class is a good alternative. Although blogs and wikis also have other pedagogical applications, one use of both tools is to create a simple website where you can post links and information. See Educator Blogging for resources about using blogs. Check out the CALPER library for foreign language blog and wiki lesson plans. Below are some links to sites that allow you to create your own blogs and wikis for free:

[|WordPress]: Free blogs for anyone [|Edublogs]: Free blogs for educators [|Blogger]: Free blogs for anyone [|Squarespace]: Free blogs for anyone [|Class Blogmeister]: Free blogs for teachers [|Weebly]: Free blogs or websites for anyone
 * Blogs**

[|PB Works]: Free private or public wikis Wikispace: Free public wikis [|WetPaint]: Free public wikis
 * Wikis**

[|Google Docs/Drive]: Free online word processor that allows multiple people to edit the same text document at the same time.
 * Document sharing/collaborative writing**