This week has met me with four assesments due ( all submitted now but hoping all are done well).
This week we are looking at Blogs..What is it??
Before this unit I was not a blogger. I will probably discontinue using the blog after this unit because I find it to time consuming to keep it up to date, enter new posts and just contribute. That dosnt mean that I dont enjoy reading other peoples blogs. I love reading about people's families and they get on with their day to day chores ect. A blog is like a narrative form of writting, that can include comments and RSS all new but familiar.
What is a blog?
..a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular
entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as
graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological
order. (Wikipedia)
Discussion Board
1. The early days of blogging were extremely optimistic about the potential of blogs to give
everyone who wanted one a voice and a venue to publish. Now that blogging is over a decade old, to what extent have these early predictions come true?
2. Rettberg talks about blogs facilitating ‘distributed conversations’ and even ‘distributed communities’; what do you understand these terms to mean?
I think that distributed conversations means that there is no one person
leading the conversation , and that distributed communities mean that
there may not be another person at the other end of the blog after is
been written therefore it isn't a conversation.
Activity Two - Introduction to Blogs and RSS Feeds
Over the last two weeks you have been introduced to the idea
of RSS feeds. This week you will be using that information in a practical way
by beginning to aggregate blog posts that are of interest to you.
•First, you need to decide if you are going to have your
feeds delivered to an application on your computer or to a news aggregator
online.
•If you decide to use a dedicated application, some
suggestions can be found here. Download an application appropriate for your
operating system.
•If you decide to have your news aggregated via a web-based
interface, we suggest Google Reader or Bloglines a web-based interface, Google Reader
I use google reader
•Once you have set up your news aggregation method of choice (see the relevant tutorials for the product/application you have chosen), you are now ready to begin searching the web for news you wish to follow.
•Pick a topic of interest to you (It doesn't have to be study-related) and find six blogs that deal with this topic. As you locate them, subscribe to that blog through your reader of choice. This link gives a
bit more information on how to locate the RSS feeds for the pages you want to subscribe to.
I decide to pick mummy blogs about housework and families
•Finally, subscribe to the RSS feed from the Delicious account you set up last week.
Here is my Delicious page...
So I am learning how to blog, now I have to learn how to link up my RSS feed from my delicious account
This week we are looking at Blogs..What is it??
Before this unit I was not a blogger. I will probably discontinue using the blog after this unit because I find it to time consuming to keep it up to date, enter new posts and just contribute. That dosnt mean that I dont enjoy reading other peoples blogs. I love reading about people's families and they get on with their day to day chores ect. A blog is like a narrative form of writting, that can include comments and RSS all new but familiar.
What is a blog?
..a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular
entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as
graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological
order. (Wikipedia)
Discussion Board
1. The early days of blogging were extremely optimistic about the potential of blogs to give
everyone who wanted one a voice and a venue to publish. Now that blogging is over a decade old, to what extent have these early predictions come true?
2. Rettberg talks about blogs facilitating ‘distributed conversations’ and even ‘distributed communities’; what do you understand these terms to mean?
I think that distributed conversations means that there is no one person
leading the conversation , and that distributed communities mean that
there may not be another person at the other end of the blog after is
been written therefore it isn't a conversation.
Activity Two - Introduction to Blogs and RSS Feeds
Over the last two weeks you have been introduced to the idea
of RSS feeds. This week you will be using that information in a practical way
by beginning to aggregate blog posts that are of interest to you.
•First, you need to decide if you are going to have your
feeds delivered to an application on your computer or to a news aggregator
online.
•If you decide to use a dedicated application, some
suggestions can be found here. Download an application appropriate for your
operating system.
•If you decide to have your news aggregated via a web-based
interface, we suggest Google Reader or Bloglines a web-based interface, Google Reader
I use google reader
•Once you have set up your news aggregation method of choice (see the relevant tutorials for the product/application you have chosen), you are now ready to begin searching the web for news you wish to follow.
•Pick a topic of interest to you (It doesn't have to be study-related) and find six blogs that deal with this topic. As you locate them, subscribe to that blog through your reader of choice. This link gives a
bit more information on how to locate the RSS feeds for the pages you want to subscribe to.
I decide to pick mummy blogs about housework and families
•Finally, subscribe to the RSS feed from the Delicious account you set up last week.
here is my google reader page..
So I am learning how to blog, now I have to learn how to link up my RSS feed from my delicious account
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