The process of creating a blog was very simple. Your step-by-step directions were very clear and concise and everything worked the first time! I was amazed and impressed!
I really enjoyed reading Henry Jenkins' article about "Why Academics Should Blog..." I thought he made some compelling arguments and gave specific examples of how blogging can be beneficial and valuable for different constituent groups within the education profession. All of his reasons for the value or purpose of using a blog for each subgroup were very positive. I can see how current and prospective students would respond well and use the information found in a blog. I am intrigued by the possibility of participating a blog from the two higher education institutions from which I got my BA and my MA degrees as an alumnus and being able to keep up with what's going on in my field at my former colleges/universities. Jenkins' examples of how blogging can be used within the field of education also helped me understand even better the two-way interactive nature of one Web 2.0 tool.
I made my Blog Title "Web 2.0 in Elementary Schools" and my Blog Address as "http://web20inelementaryschools.blogspot.com" so hopefully I will attract people who are very specifically interested in discussing examples of how Web 2.0 tools are used at the elementary level. We'll see how that works.
Diane
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I would also like to keep up with my former educational instutations. The school I currently teach at also has a blog. I should make a point to read all of these blogs more often. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteHi Diane,
ReplyDeleteI just saved your url on the bookmarks portion of my IGoogle page. Now I can easily get to your site. Also, you can use IGoogle and an RSS feed to read all the blogs you subscribe to each day. I think we'll do that in this class soon.
I too found this process to be rather easy and slick. I am excited to read what others post. For your info, I did post on my blog about the changing nature of the IMC and that you and I are interviewing for and IMC specialist soon. Now we know more.
Andy
Andy, I read your blog and saw that you had shared about our Media Specialist position. It will be a challenge to determine through the interview process who technologically up-to-date they are. We may want to think about what we can do to find that out in the second round of interviews. Diane
ReplyDeleteJ... you mentioned that the school where you currently teach has a blog. Who uses it and for what? Diane
ReplyDeleteAt this juncture we do not have a school high school blog but I think it would be a great idea!!!!
ReplyDeleteGary