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Existed in basic form since the mid-90s, from travel diaries to a log of URLs you want to save or share. By the end of the decade this soon extended to news and reference blogs, audio and video blogs – everythingthat forms part of modern blogging was more or less inplace by the turn of the century.
WHAT ARE BLOGS?blog
Pronunciation: /blɒɡ/
noun
“A personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc.
on a regular basis”
Oxford Dictionaries (2011)
WHAT ARE BLOGS?
“A blog is a collection of digital content that, when examined over a period of time, exposes the
intellectual soul of its author or authors. Blogging is the act of creating, composing, and publishing this
content; and a blogger is the person behind the curtain.”
(Stone, 2004)
Online diary/archive/portfolio, where each ‘post’ is titled and dated.
Posts can include text, image & film, and you can tag each post with keywords.
People can make comments.
They can be customised.
Blog Etiquette - hyperlinks to other web sources.
There are permalinks for every single post that never change.
WHAT ARE BLOGS?
WHAT ARE BLOGS?Main Benefits:
• Allow de-centralised, distributed and yet interrelated publication
• Any time, any place
• Multiple audiences
• Socially-transformative and democratizing potential (Herring et al, 2004)
• Promote Social Interaction
• Innovative Knowledge Sharing
• Flexible Media (mobile, tablets, web, etc)
• No knowledge of HTML required
• Content Management System
Main Types: Filter Blogs Notebook Blogs Personal Blogs
Reasons for blogging: Information Sharing Reputation Building Personal Expression Authentic audiences
WHAT ARE BLOGS?
BLOG SYSTEMSBlogger
MoveableType
Wordpress
Tumblr
Typepad
Live Journal
Squarespace
Open Salon
Xanga
Blog Software Review - Top Ten Reviews
Micro blogging site
140 characters
300 million users (June 2011)
300 million tweets (June 2011)
1.6 billion searches (June 2011)
Reportedly key in events such as the Arab Spring, events in Pakistan and UK privacy injunctions scandals
THE BLOGOSPHERE
TECHNORATIhttp://technorati.com
State of the Blogosphere 2004 - 2011
Top 100 Blogs
THE LONG(ER) TAIL – CHRIS ANDERSON
Before Digital Economy there were “hits” and “misses”
Within the Digital Economy there are millions of niche markets
Rather than the 80/20 rule we now have the 98% Rule
Reveals the hidden majority
Moved away from the “tyranny of the local audience”
The distribution chart now looks very different…..
BLOGGING ENGAGEMENT Writing
Reading
Commenting
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USE OF BLOGS IN EDUCATION Learning Journals
Knowledge Logs
Portfolios
Collective Blogs
Assessment
Knowledge Sharing
Task Management Blogs
Information gathering
Social Interaction
Communication
SKILLS DEVELOPED IN BLOGS Improved reading and writing
Reflective reading and writing
Creative thinking
Information and Knowledge collection skills
Validity and reliability testing
Using new technologies
Critical thinking
Ability to develop knowledge communities
Working collaboratively
Peer facilitated learning
Giving and receiving feedback
Value of and respect of others points of view
Developing a writing style
PDP BLOGSPDPs are HE students’ Personal Development Plans - an opportunity for them to reflect upon the skills and experience in development throughout the Programme.
PDP BLOGSPDPs are HE students’ Personal Development Plans - an opportunity for them to reflect upon the skills and experience in development throughout the Programme.
Students set up their PDP blogs early on within their YR1 work basedlearning module. They begin by considering what skills they are developing over thosefirst few months, posting images which, alongside talking about andreflecting upon their work, will also visually reveal their development.
They will also use the blog to track any activities that they undertake to
secure and engage with work based learning activities and experiences.
We ask them to set up their blog through blogger.com – a verystraightforward process and one of the more user friendly sites.
PDP BLOGS
We ask them to name their blog: ‘pdp-firstnamelastname’ (eg. pdp-melbrown.blogspot.com)
The first thing most students do is spend time customising
their blog to make it their own. Once it has been set up they
email us a link (or send an invite if they want it to remain a
closed or private blog where only certain readers have
‘permission’ to access it)
Blog Etiquette and we remind them to be professional &
sensible (this is for others to view – whether that’s staff, peers,
family, friends or a wider public.
PDP BLOGS
Some posts are directed/initiated by staff. For example, for
their first posts they post a favourite image they havecreated (could be from a previous course, produced overthe Summer, or work created in the first few weeks on
ourProgramme) and they are asked to answer the followingquestions:
What skills do you arrive with?Why did you choose Illustration?What area of illustration most inspires you?
PDP BLOGS
REFERENCESDownes, S (2004) Educational Blogging. EDUCAUSE, 2004 (Sept/Oct). pp14-26
Herring, S., Scheidt, L., Bonus, S. & Wright E. (2004) Briding the Gap: A Genre Analysis of Weblogs, 37th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. Hawaii IEEE
Oxford Dictionary (2011) Definition of Blog available at http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/blog. Accessed 13/01/12
Rettberg, J.W. (2008) Blogging. Digital media and society series. Cambridge: Polity
Stone, B (2004) Who let the blogs out? : a hyperconnected peek at the world ofWeblogs. 1st edn: New York: St. Martin’s Griffrn
Technorati (2011) The State of the Blogosphere Available at http://technorati.com. Accessed 13/01/12
Top Ten Review (2011) Blog Software Review available at http://blog-software-review.toptenreviews.com/. Accessed 13/01/12