Editing Social web (section)

===Blogs and wikis===

Both [[blogs]] and [[Wikis]] are prime examples of collaboration through the Internet, a feature of the group interaction that characterizes the social Web.<ref name=Porter />{{rp|16}} Blogs are used as BBS for the 21st century on which people can post discussions,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ward|first=Ruth|title=Blogs and Wikis a Personal Journey|journal=Business Information Review|year=2006|volume=23|issue=4|pages=234–240|doi=10.1177/0266382106072240|s2cid=156217287}}</ref> whereas Wikis are constructed and edited by anyone who is granted access to them. Members of both are able to see the recent discussions and changes made, although for many blogs and Wikis such as [[Wikipedia]] this is true even for non-members. Blogs and Wikis allow users to share information and educate one another, and these social interaction are focused on content and meaning.<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=Will|title=The Social Web|url=https://sremote.pitt.edu/gtx/,DanaInfo=find.galegroup.com+retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&qrySerId=&inPS=true&tabID=T003&prodId=ITOF&searchId=R1&retrieveFormat=PDF&currentPosition=1&userGroupName=upitt_main&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&sort=DateDescend&docId=A151440719&noOfPages=2 |publisher=www.techlearning.com |access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> Blogs and Wikis are used by both those writing them and those who reference them as resources.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ferriter|first=Bill|title=Learning with Blogs and Wikis|journal=Educational Leadership|date=Feb 2009|pages=34–40 |volume=66 |number=5 |url=http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb09/vol66/num05/Learning-with-Blogs-and-Wikis.aspx|access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> Blogs allow members to share ideas and other members to comment on those ideas, while Wikis facilitate group collaboration: both of these tools open a gateway of communication in which social interaction allows the web to develop.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/ |title=What is a Blog? |publisher=Problogger.net |date=2005-02-05 |access-date=2011-10-20}}</ref> These sites are used by teachers and students alike to accomplish the goal of sharing education, and working in a community with other scholars enables the users to see different interpretations of similar subjects as well as to share resources that might not be available to them otherwise.<ref>[[Wikipedia:School and university projects]]</ref>