Blog If You Love Learning at CLMS 2009!

I'm asking participants these three familiar questions...

1. What is a blog?

An online journal, a place to put your stuff so other people can see, a networking tool for getting information collaborating and sharing, a place to express your opinion, a place to report news.

2. What is the read/write web (or two-way web or web 2.0)?

Wikis are an example (so are blogs), it's interactive, a discussion forum? blackboard? Google Docs? But also some question about what this means...

3. What might these technologies mean for you and your students?

It's a way for them to collaborate, it makes it immediate interesting and relevant, also blurs the lines of what old fashioned folks think of plaigerism, it opens the door to a lot of students who might not share in a large group discussion, can be a powerful way to get feedback - or answers to specific questions, good for organizing...

Participants!

Homework for 2009-01-16

Today's homework is easy:

Read pages 1-1000 and answer questions 1-500 odd. Compose a 500 word reflection on the experience.

Demo Post

You can do tons of cool stuff to text.

Here's a link to my real blog, edtechlife.com.

Here's the workshop wiki.

Check out this image of Dinner with the CLHS board:

Demo Post for CLHS

I'm here with two participants asking these three familiar questions:

1. What is a blog? It's like a digital journal with regular entries... usually on specific topic. You can include media, stills, links, etc. And an infinite number of people can read.
2. What is the read/write web? A person can write something, post it on the web, and everyone can read it. 
3. What might these technologies mean for you and your students? Opportunities to write and share with others - and you have to know what you're writing about to explain it to others. For research, blogs make opinions around the world available.
   

How to Create A Blog With Blogger

Here's the lead video from the Blogger Help Channel on YouTube:
See more Blogger Help videos here.

Label Test

Wow. Clark is making cool sounds.