what the heck is a blog and do i want one? mike ribble college of education ben ward, swasati...
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What the Heck is a Blog and Do I Want One?
Mike Ribble
College of Education
Ben Ward, Swasati Mukherjee & Shalin Hai-Jew
Office of Mediated Education
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What are Blogs• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a
blog as a “website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.
• Wikipedia goes on to talk about the range of blogs from “individual diaries to arms of political campaigns, media programs, and corporations”.
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http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
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Where Did It Begin?
• Term “weblog” coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger then shortened to “blog” by Peter Merholz in 1999.
• Its precursors were AP Wire, Ham radio “glogs”, Usenet, e-mail lists and bulletin boards.
Source - Wikipedia.com, accessed: 8/26/2005
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http://www.httoday.blogspot.com/
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How Did It Become So Popular?
• Political Influence - 2001-2002, fall of Trent Lott, rise of Howard Dean and Wesley Clark
• 2003, Iraq War - “Baghdad Blogger”
• 2004, “Rathergate” - bloggers exposed documents as forgeries
Source: Wikipedia.com, Accessed 8/26/2005
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http://www.weblogg-ed.com
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Blogs Today
• 27% of American Internet Users visited a blog in 2005, up 58% from 2004
• Blog readers tend to be young, male, well-educated, internet veterans
• 12% of American internet users have posted comments on others blogs up from 4% in 2003.
Source: pewinternet.org, The State of Blogging Report (January 2005)
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http://powerlineblog.com
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http://wizbangblog.com
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So How Can They Be Used In Education?
• Instructors - posting content related information, networking or knowledge sharing, instructional tips, announcements, annotated links
• Students - reflective journals, assignment submission, dialog for groups, share resources
• University - recruiting tool, announcements
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http://www.erau.edu/db/journals/st5.html
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Issues/Problems in Blogging
• Students can write just about anything - and sometimes do
• Things written today may be held against you in the future
• Where is the boundary between freedom of speech and my rights
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http://www.xanga.com
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I have given you some ideas to think about - now go and try some of them out. Always remember, start
small and build on successes.
Now let's hear from Ben, Swasati and Shalin on how to create and maintain a blog. They will also discuss the Instructional Design Open Studio blog that they've all
started..found at
http://ome.ksu.edu/id/blog