really like using a wikpage even though mine is a work in progress and I refer to it when necessary with my students. I have used it as an online closet and bulletin board for my course, so it is kind of messy but I intend to clean it up soon so that it is continuously updated and used. This has been a good place to post my syllabus and any other notes or announcements that students may need to refer to throughout the course. I can store website links here that will direct students to important information and websites to be used during the course. I have been able to place power point or podcast presentations for students to view at their leisure. I am able to control giving my students immediate access to everything all at once or as I pull and post information to the webpage. I can also give the students access to adding to the page. The two tools differ because a wiki can be edited and become a new page while a blog is like an ongoing chronological journal. It is more appropriate to use a blog when you want the information to be displayed in a chronological order. It is more appropriate to use a wiki when you don't want the information added to be in chronological order. Use a blog when you want the students to be able to view others work and make a comment on it and use a wiki when you want a more collaborative edit to occur or no edit at all both edits will happen without comments.
My wiki is @
http://www.chemistryonthebrain.wikispaces.com
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