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

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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?

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What will YOU use

blogs for?

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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!