The word “blog” is short for “weblog” or “web log” It was originally a way for people to document the interesting sites they found on the web, so they were originally just a list of links with some description. Then the metajournalling craze caught on and blogs became something more
Blogs are being used increasingly by academics http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4194669.stm”
http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/guide2elearning/2-10/index.htm http://www.movabletype.org/trackback/beginners/ http://www.highcontext.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs/message/428 http://www.elise.com/mt/ http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/cat_news.asp http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/2/news.htm#1076912677340 http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7297_16-5131488.html INTERNET: WEBLOGS: What is a Weblog and Where do They Hide?<http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0405&L=temple-gold&P=R61339> INTERNET: WEBLOGS: A Selection of Published Articles About Weblogs <http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0405&L=temple-gold&P=R61619> ARTICLE: Blogs: Hanging Dirty Laundry On-Line<http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=temple-gold&P=R19368> Good advice from Phil Windley: How to Start a Blog http://www.windley.com/essays/2004/how_to_start_a_blog.html All from the WB-TOLL
http://www.writingfix.com Interesting collection of writing prompts and inspiration, including for kids.
Here’s an interesting guide to live online chatting in an educational context from the University of Birmingham OOnline chat advice Has a lot of similarities with our own advice to participants, but I like their designation of the three roles which we tend to concatenate – although when Deena and
What is a blog? This is a blog… :) Blogs (truncation of “weblogs”) developed from a combination of browser Favorites (Bookmarks), and online journals. Once software was implemented to expedite the process of updating a journal and adding links to interesting sites, a whole culture of blogging developed. Whether or
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/ The British Library are collecting history – and want people’s stories….
Digital paper goes commercial…. but will it work? Soon you could be reading a book printed on electronic paper. Sony, Philips and digital paper pioneer E-Ink have announced an electronic book reader that is due to go on sale in Japan in late April for $375 (£204). BBC news: Digital
Cheap place to buy domain names and simple hosting packages (recommended by Carl) Lycos
Beginners’ Guide to FTP Introduction to blogging for creative writers http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/hw/blog/creative/