I have found out from my readings that a blog is not supposed to be just a journal, although it can also serve that purpose.
My purpose in writing this blog is to invite any of you who would like to come along on my Learning Adventure into the world of UB, Library School and specifically into the Cyberspace World of Blogs.
- I was wondering how many of you have blogs?... or
- Have read someone else's blog? I know some of you read the Library blog during Summer Reading Program to find the clues about where Detective Ike LaRue was hanging out that week.... or
- Really don't get it at all...
In a real blog, people share their thoughts, but also share links to related information. Other people respond and thereby add to the body of collective knowledge, which was cited as doubling every 18 months back in 1999 (Olofson). Can you imagine what it must be today?? Does anyone out there know?
Because I love words, I will throw in an extra definition- Have you heard the word "wiki" being tossed around? WIKI comes from the Hawaiian ( ahh, Hawaii- don't you wish we were all there right now?) word- "wiki-wiki" which means- quick-such as in Wikipedia- a collaborative online encyclopedia that is more complete and updated on some subjects, such as Katrina and the Tsunami, than the news was because so many people contributed information to it. Check it out!
www.wikipedia.org -it's free with millions of articles contributed collaboratively using Wiki (quick- easy to write- no knowledge of HTML code needed) software, in dozens of languages.
If you respond to my blog, I will try my best to answer your questions and we can learn together. I know many of you young moms are way ahead of me already, so I appreciate your advice and experiences. I will especially appreciate your input on what your kids are doing vis a vis all these new Web2.0 applications, since the whole point of this is to see how these technologies can be used to help further learning and prepare our students (and us) to deal with this Information Explosion.
Hope to see you all in Bloggerspace!
Miss Lorraine
Miss Lorraine, I'm you're first follower! I don't have a blog - it's more than I want to maintain. I do read some blogs, especially those related to needlework, but also the occasional author or even national news ones. I do feel rather "with it" lately because I joined Facebook, with the encouragement of my daughter, Kate. It's amazing how many of my relatives are members and what a great way to keep informed of news in their lives!
ReplyDeleteHi Lorraine,
ReplyDeleteI too don't have a blog but follow many, including:
http://writergrl.livejournal.com/
http://www.megcabot.com/diary/index.php
http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/
http://gorgeousthings.blogspot.com/
http://projectrungay.blogspot.com/
http://asteriahanover.blogspot.com/
http://www.cuteoverload.com/