A wiki reminds me of a book where you can flip in between the pages, keeping the material organized. A blog has the information there but you have to search for it (either in comments or posting).
I think a blog is good for voicing opinions and relaying information but the wiki is more useful to gathering the information for viewing and response. I like the way the information is placed under certain headings created in the beginning. A person can go directly to that heading and find the referenced material. I might use a blog for feedback about learning taking place in the classroom, field trip suggestions and comments, teacher colleague communications and upcoming events. The Wiki would work well for the beginning of the year to inform parents how learning takes place, child development milestones, and teacher communication about specific topics. It would be great to be used by all of the preschool teachers and each one could add what they wanted.
I could see taking the time to train students about Wiki but some problems might include not having access to a home computer, keeping them focused on the assigned topic, or team work dedication (not just one person doing all of the work.)
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I listened to a teacher at the NCTM National Conference in Washington DC talk about how she uses blogs in her pre calculus class. It was pretty awesome. She wanted her students to write in journals. She wasn't getting what she wanted so she went to blogs. And it turned out to be a great move. Her students loved writing in blogs. She had them sign up in something (the name eludes me now, I have it a school) and she was able to organize each class. She was able to glance at them very quickly and determine if she needed to respond immediatly. She also found that it became important to glance over them every day. Just in case someone had a pressing question about math that needed an answer.
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