blogging: what's it got to do with learning and teaching
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BLOGGING: BLOGGING: What is it? What is it? How do you do it? How do you do it? And what does it have to And what does it have to do with learning & do with learning & teaching?teaching?
Carol Cooper-TaylorCooper-Taylor Trainingwww.cooper-taylor.com/blog
What is a Blog?What is a Blog?Web pageWeb Log (shortened to
blog)Short, frequent entriesStructured
chronologicallyOnline diary, journalPersonal and informal,
but companies now blogAny topic or topicsPublic, or private Individual or
collaborative
Let’s look at someLet’s look at someWalk this way
Tom Smith - theotherblogTom Smith - theotherblog
http://www.theotherblog.com/
Tom got me interested in
blogging back in 2004
Origami BlogOrigami Blog
http://www.origamiblog.com/
You can blog about anything
you have an interest in
From the sublime ... From the sublime ...
http://www.sublimetext.com/blog/
... to the ridiculous ... to the ridiculous
http://www.kreikenbaum.net/blog/
How to recognise a blogHow to recognise a blogBlogs often/usually haveSilly namesEntries / annotated links Permalinks Categories Comments / TrackbacksBlogroll Archives RSS Link, feed Links to other social mediaCalendarsAdverts
Passing phase? Not yetPassing phase? Not yet1998 - handful of bloggers1999 - easy edit tools available,
blogging came to the masses2000 - thousands of blogs2006 - 57 million blogs (
http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/11/161.html)2007 - 70+ million blogs (
http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html)2008 – 900K blog posts in 24 hrs
(http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/)
Blogs in educationBlogs in educationWatch this Wedlogg-ed.com videoBy Will Richardsonhttp://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/WebLoggingSmall.mov
BLOG
Where can I blog?Where can I blog?Lots of free places to start offHere are some suggestionsBlogger www.bloger.com WordPress
www.wordpress.com EduBlogs edublogs.org Blog blog.com (NZ site)BlogEasy www.blogeasy.com Vox www.vox.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eurleif/255241547/
Have a goHave a goDon’t expect to have successful
student bloggers if you don’t blog yourself.
You have to be a blogger yourself.No ifs. No buts.No excuses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bombardier/15371858/
No Marks for not
blogging
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/1634408/
How do you do it?How do you do it?Demo EduBlogs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjornb/119214587/
What’s it got to do
with learning
and teaching?
Have a look at some
examples, then you’ll
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http://office.greenparkschool.org.uk/
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http://talandisjr.edublogs.org/assignments/
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Comments
http://nyciblog.com/communities/room205/default.aspx
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http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/
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http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/
What will YOU use
blogs for?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noii/2830671332/
Questions?Questions?cooper-taylor.comcoopertaylor.com/blog linkedin.com/in/
carolcoopertaylortwitter.com/kiwicarol delicious.com/cooperc cooperct.stumbleupon.com/slideshare.net/carolct
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deusx/2522670904/
My first computer was a Commodore 64. Used with my students at Mansfield School of Nursing UK in 1985. I had to write the programs! This “brick” is a floppy drive!