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Week 01: Blogs
The following will provide tutorials, definitions and resources for
Blogs. You are not required to look at all of the material, but search
it until you feel that you have a good understanding of what is
required for you to fulfill the assignment.
Before you do anything. Watch Blogs in Plain English
| Table of contents |
What are blogs?
From Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog): “…a web-based publication
consisting primarily of periodic articles, most often in reverse
chronological order. Early weblogs were simply manually updated
components of common websites. However, the evolution of tools to
facilitate the production and maintenance of web articles posted in
said chronological fashion made the publishing process feasible to a
much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in
the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we
recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based
software is now a typical aspect of “blogging.” Blogs can be hosted by
dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software
on regular web hosting services.”
Articles with more explanations:
- All About Blogs and RSS
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/04/xmlfiles/) - Beyond the Hype – What’s in a Weblog?
(http://estrategy.ubc.ca/news/update0309/030917-weblogs.html) - An Introduction to Weblogs
(http://www.dynamicobjects.com/d2r/archives/002399.html) - Some Tips From a Weary Weblogger
(http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BlogShop_MAPLE/SocialBlogging)
Where to get a blog:
Here is a list of a few places to obtain a blog. Some cost and some
are free.
Each one may offer different services so research before jumping
in.
- Wordpress (http://wordpress.com)
- Blogger (http://blogger.com)
- LiveJournal (http://livejournal.com)
- ManicFish (http://manicfish.com)
- Spaces (http://spaces.msn.com)
- Open Diary (http://opendiary.com)
- Xanga (http://www.xanga.com)
There is an extensive list of blogs available in Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_software) This list shows
user-hosted and developer-hosted blogs.
Also, for a great comparison of blogs see:
(http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/blog_software_comparison.cfm)
Links to Learning
- Tutorial from UBC
(http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BlogShop_MAPLE/IntroductionToWeblogs) - Legal Issues
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Legal_issues) - Copyright Issues
(http://drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com/2006/05/using-copyrighted-materials-on-blogs.html) - Blogs with Podcasts:Problem and Solutions
(http://drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com/2006/05/student-posts-and-podcasts-dont-mix.html) - Why Blog?
(http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=767) - A
guide to blogging
(http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08#a4515).
Examples:
Student Cornelius
Lamb (http://nilli29.blogspot.com/)
Student Paul
Jones (http://www.sawfishmango.com/)
Student Connie Halioris
(http://holographic-universe.blogspot.com/)
Student
Jessica Freeman (http://jessfreeman.blogspot.com/)
Student Blake
Berret (http://murmurs12.blogspot.com/)
Assignment
- Sign up for your own blog: http://edublogs.org/
- Note: I’ve noticed some students are having trouble with edublogs.org . If that happens, create a wordpress blog: http://wordpress.com/signup/
- Customize it (change the design). Bonus credit if you add a widget!
- Make your first post: Tell the world how excited you are about having a blog.
- Delete the “my world” post (the post edublogger and wordpress put on your blog.
- Come back to the Computer Skills Blog: Week 01 blog post on the Computer Skills homepage blog (not this page – this is the assignment page) and post your blog URL (your blog address). Be sure to add your first name and last initial,
- That’s it!
