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To Blog, Or Not To Blog http://www.users.muohio.edu/burkejj/blog.html A TLTR Workshop John Burke April 6, 2005
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What is a blog? Short for “web log” An online journal or diary Combinations of original writing/abstracting with links to other resources Reverse chronological order Individual author; audience comments; group authors Searchable archives Example: the InfoMan’s blogthe InfoMan’s blog
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What’s a blog for? Outlet for expression of all kinds Personal, professional, political, etc. Current awareness updating Commentary on others’ comments Collaboration and group discussion Organizing information (text, images, links) with individual links and posting dates
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Blogs in teaching and learning: why Posting drafts for comment Journaling Online creation experience Group editing of documents Group discussion for a project Publishing and sharing work Tracking research developments Examples: Georgia State University Library America and the World
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Setting up my own blog BlogSpot (blogger.com)blogger.com LiveJournal.com LiveJournal.com Available at Middletown in the near future Xanga.com Xanga.com Various other sites (free and fee-based): see this linkthis link
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What choices do I have with blogs? Can be public or private Templates, links, layout Single voice: one author Multiple authors RSS/Atom feed Comments (on/off) Archiving
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How can I read blogs? Go directly to the blog’s site infomanjjb.blogspot.com www.livejournal.com/~librarianator Use an RSS feed reader/news aggregator: List at www.lights.com/weblogs/rss.htmlwww.lights.com/weblogs/rss.html Bloglines (www.bloglines.com)www.bloglines.com Use/create a page that lists blog post headlines (using RSS) www.mid.muohio.edu/library/thehap.cfm www.users.muohio.edu/burkejj/blogrss.html
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What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary The feed: a list of items – headlines, postings, etc. – with links Uses XML (eXtensible Markup Language) – feeds often have.xml ending Newer, enhanced version is called Atom
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Bonus: what’s a wiki? Blog-like Flexible arrangement Key difference: anyone can edit posts/info. All revisions are archived Collaborative creation and editing Examples: Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)en.wikipedia.org JuggleWiki (www.jugglingdb.com/jugglewiki/)www.jugglingdb.com/jugglewiki/ Romantic Audience Project (ssad.bowdoin.edu:8668)ssad.bowdoin.edu:8668
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Bonus: what’s podcasting? Audio blogging: iPod + broadcasting = podcasting Recordings posted for download; marketed through RSS feeds – see iPodder.org for a directoryiPodder.org Listen at computer, or on MP3 player More information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
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Where can I find blogs? Technorati (www.technorati.com)www.technorati.com Directory at Livejournal.comLivejournal.com BlogStreet (www.blogstreet.com)www.blogstreet.com Many searching options: (www.lights.com/weblogs/searching.html)www.lights.com/weblogs/searching.html Blogpulse (www.blogpulse.com) – indicates posting trendswww.blogpulse.com Feedster (www.feedster.com) – RSS feed directorywww.feedster.com
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Blogs in teaching and learning: where Weblogg – ed (www.weblogg-ed.com/)www.weblogg-ed.com/ Into the Blogosphere (blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere) – UThinkblog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere Weblogs in Higher Education (www.mchron.net/site/edublog.php)www.mchron.net/site/edublog.php Shedding Light: BLOG-MANIA (www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/shedlig ht.php)www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/shedlig ht.php
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Where can I find more general information on blogs? Wikipedia “Weblogs” entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs Weblogs Compendium (www.lights.com/weblogs)www.lights.com/weblogs About.com (weblogs.about.com)weblogs.about.com Books at Miami (and beyond) – ugly linkugly link
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