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Thanks for pointing me to Glogowski's blog Aneta- I like the title of his blog but not sure if I agree with the title of the post-"How to grow a blog" Maybe 'How to grow an online research journal' would've been more appropriate as he seems to be using the blog format, quite successfully, for this purpose. Being new to blogging I'm still trying to get a grip on what blogging actually means and what the benefits of this form of communication are as an educational tool. It's becoming clear that blogging can be used in many different ways.
Looking at the discussion the article generated it was interesting to see the author responding to a query about catering for students who might favour visual forms of expression over those involving text: http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/10/27/how-to-grow-a-blog#comment-108980
I've always thought that blogging, being text based, might be limiting for students who struggle with writing.
The fact that there was a long string of discussion for Glogowski's blog makes another point about blogging- that feedback is important otherwise you're only conversing with yourself. How do we then encourage students to engage in this shared discussion if writing is an issue?
I was looking at an interesting article on Lifestreaming at http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_future_of_blogging_reveale.php
which discusses how blogging is evolving and adapting and how video was becoming increasingly important as a means of communicating.
It reminded me of when I was teaching Art History in South Auckland in the 1980s where the students found essay writing challenging so they presented their work on audio tape. Much more user-friendly and entertaining!
Thanks again.
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