1.17th Sept, 2012Presentation by: H.I. Sarvaiya & D.P. Barad Venue: Dept. of Hindi, School ofLanguagesGujarat University, Ahmedabad

2. What is blog? Microsoft Encarta Dictionary (2007): diary onWeb site:: a frequently updated personaljournal chronicling links at a Website, intended for public viewing. Interesting fact: 2007 version of MEDredirected blog search to weblog, in 2009version, weblog to blog. 3. What is blog? http://srijanshilpi.com/archives/39 4. - Do you agree? 5. Historical overview: 6. - -- -- 7. 8. - 9. - 10. 11. .. 12. Vision voiced and voice made visible Blog is public space for self-expression. Blogging for social connections and self-expression. A study* in Malaysia by Microsoft showsinteresting revelations: 74% below 25 yrs and 64% of them are females over 56 % among them take to blogging becausethey want an opinion space for themselves. More than 50% used blogs for self-expression 13. In the larger pan-Asian picture, thestudy also shows that: About 46 percent, or nearly half of the populationonline in Asia, have a blog Young people, about 56 percent, dominate theblogosphere. Only 9 percent are 35-years-old andabove Females (55 percent) dominate theblogosphere, except for India where it isoverwhelmingly a male domain About 50 percent believe blog content to be astrustworthy as traditional media About 74 percent find blogs by friends and familymembers to be the most interesting 14. Blog for Teaching and Learning All teachers of 21st cen must hv personalwebsite to support face 2 face teaching. All students should cultivate habit of reading& commenting on teachers blog. Students should hv their blogs personal &academic teachers should comment tomotivate. 15. Why blogging? 16. ( )-- 17. Start your blog on : http://hindiblogs.net Read about how to on: http://hindiblogs.net/hindi-tools/how-to-make-hindi-blog/