Why is Blogging Important?
- Can be utilized as a course management system.
- A timely resource of information and cost effective way to communicate with
students and faculty.
- Free programs, user friendly, and relatively low tech.
- An easy way to get outside experts involved with class discussions.
- An ongoing documentation of thought, growth, and knowledge.
- Encourages collaboration.
Insights
"I think blogging is a basic form of 'Rip, Mix, and Learn' (RML). Just like I'm
doing now, I'm ripping an idea from Alan and others, mixing it up with my own
experience and reality, and writing about it as a way to clarify and learn. And
really, it is the writing
part that forces me to organize these thoughts and give some form to them. It's
when the learning coalesces..."
(From Will Richardson, Weblogg-Ed).
Around Ohio
Around the Nation
- Educause takes a comprehensive look at blogging:
7 Things
You Should Know About Blogs
and 7 Things
You Should Know About Video Blogs.
-
Introduction to Blogs and Blogging by Michael Stach is a great resource for
instructors, tech coordinators, and administrators.
- Information
Today, Inc. column on Blogging, The "What's It?" and "How To"
of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators written by
Will Richardson (Flemington, N.J.).
- From North Dakota State University, Remediation, Genre, and Motivation: Key Concepts for Teaching
with Weblogs.
- Phil Long, senior strategist for the Academic Computing Enterprise at MIT
writes the article, Blogs: A Disruptive Technology Coming of Age? It opens up
with, "To
blog or not to blog, that is increasingly the question...."
- Content Delivery in the
'Blogosphere' touches on the pedagogy behind blogs (University of Florida).
- A grading rubric
for weblogs, simple criteria for earning a A-C when blogging (Weblogs in Higher
Education).
- Video Blogs by Law professors and students
about the field of law (Fordham University).
- The Pew
Internet and American Life Project issued a report: Bloggers – A portrait
of the Internet’s new storytellers.
Examples
- Dr. Delemeester's Economics class
at Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio).
- Journals about college life from the
students at Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, Ohio).
- Instructional Technology
Resources and Musings by Laura Little at Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio).
- This online, edited collection
explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs
(University of Minnesota).
- Learning Circuits, where
eLearning gurus share observations.
- Harvard's Weblog Digest hosted
by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
Law School.
- Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, Glen
Reynolds' blog gets over 100,000 hits a day.
-
You can search the
Globe of Blogs
by title, topic, or location.
Free and Low Cost Tools
Macintosh Solutions
iWeb in the Classroom,
Solutions for creating class webpages and weblogs.
PC/Windows Solutions
Microsoft
Mobile Developer Weblogs.
