A blog is similar to a wiki in many ways. They both allow people to relay some sort of information to those who want to see it. They also both provide a place where people can go to add their two sense on a particular topic. Lastly, they both may provide links, document, and/or images from other sources. A difference between the two is that wikis allow multiple people to post and edit whereas a blog only allows one. Another difference is that a blog allows you leave comments on what you just read while a wiki doesn't.
Convergence is a major part in today's world just because it allows people to meet and work together. Through the use of blogs and wikis this is possible with ease and it's of little or no cost. A prime example of convergence and collaboration can be seen in Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid by Michael Wilson. It all started with a group of people watching then they started blogging, and going to community board meetings, followed by complaints to the 68th Precinct until a investigation started that lead to arrest.
Sort of like our class wiki page, a new use for a wiki can be a database with a community of students posting up class notes, practice exams etc. This would be a place to visit to get some materials you might have lost or a place to get some study aids.
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