BlogsBlogs

Vocabulary

Introduction

Types

History

Technology & How-To

Legal Issues

Blog Examples

Hosting & Resources

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Blog – contraction of the word weblog.

website, usually maintained by an individual.

regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

Blog (v) – to maintain or add content to a blog.

Blogosphere – the collective community of all blogs

a collection of local blogs is sometimes referred to as a bloghood.

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Combination of text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.

The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.

Entries typically displayed in reverse–chronological order.

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As of December 2007, the blog search engine Technoratiwas tracking more than 112 million blogs.

With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning…

…that of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses their opinion or simply talks about something.

112,000,000… 112,000,000…

Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media.

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Micro-blogging is another type of blogging, consisting of blogs with very short posts.

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There are many different types of blogs, differing in content and also in the way that content is delivered or written.

Personal

Corporate

Question Media Type

Device

Genre

“Microblogging," which is extremely detailed personal blogging as it seeks to capture a moment in time.

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The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional and most common blog.

Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art.

Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, butsome personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following.

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A blog consisting of:

• videos is called a vlog

• links is called a linklog

• portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog

• photos is called a photoblog.

• short posts & mixed media types are called tumblelogs.

• written on typewriters, then scanned are typecast blogs.

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Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it.

A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA could be called a moblog.

One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online

shared diary of a person's personal life combining text,

video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable

computer and EyeTap device to a web site.

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Blogs: GenreBlogs: Genre

Some blogs focus on a particular subject:

• education blogs

• music blogs

• quizzing blogs

• legal blogs (blawgs)

• dreamlogs

• political blogs

• travel blogs

• house blogs

• art/fashion blogs

• project blogs

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What & When?

1979 – Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis develop the Usenet system.

allows users to read & post public messages in newsgroups.

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What & When?

1994 – The World Wide Web is available to the general public, and

people begin to start using web pages as their online diary.

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Who & Why?

Justin Hall

December 16, 1974

Chicago, Illinois

eleven years of personal

blogging, while at Swarthmore

College.

Justin’s Links from the Underground

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Who & Why?

Wearable Wireless Webcam

Jerry Pournelle

August 7, 1933

Shreveport, Louisiana

an online diary of a person’s

personal life, starting in 1994.

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Who & Why?

John Carmack

August 20, 1970

Roeland Park, Kansas

cheats & tips on current games,

published via the finger protocol.

Game Programmer Journals

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Miscellaneous

1997 – The term “Weblog” is coined by Jorn Barger.

1999 – Peter Merholz, jokingly broke the word weblog into we blog .

Evan Williams uses “blog” as both a noun and a verb.

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What do you need to get started?

Computer with access to the internet.

User account at edublogs.org.

Content…the more you plan, the less work it is!!!

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Steps to post a Blog:

1. Think of some useful content to post...

2. Sign-In to your account at edublogs.org.

3. Type your message and add media if necessary.

4. Post to your blog.

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Legal Issues…

Several cases have been brought before the national courts

against bloggers concerning issues of defamation or liability.

Employees who blog about elements of their place of

employment raise the issue of employee branding, since

their activities can begin to affect the brand recognition.

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Employment…

Delta Air Lines fired flight attendant Ellen Simonetti

because she posted photographs of herself in uniform

on an airplane and because of comments posted on

her blog "Queen of Sky: Diary of a Flight Attendant“.

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Employment…

In the spring of 2006, Erik Ringmar, a tenured senior

lecturer at the London School of Economics, was

ordered by the head of his department to "take down

and destroy" his blog in which he discussed the quality

of education at the school.

http://learningaloud.com/blog/

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Employment…

Mark Jen was terminated in 2005 after 10 days of

employment as an Assistant Product Manager at

Google for discussing corporate secrets on his

personal blog, then called 99zeros and hosted on the

Google-owned Blogger service.

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Employment…

Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was

fined during the 2006 NBA playoffs for criticizing

NBA officials on the court and in his blog.

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Employment…

The Killian documents controversy (aka

Rathergate). The authenticity of the documents was

challenged within hours on Internet forums and

blogs.

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http://www.tmz.com/

http://www.readwriteweb.com/

http://gizmodo.com/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/

http://www.simplyfired.com/

Blogs: EducationBlogs: Education

http://www.thisweekineducation.com/

http://ssedro.blogspot.com/

http://sjbrooks-young.com/blog/

http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/blogs/index.html

http://learningaloud.com/blog/

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http://weblogg-ed.com/

http://edtechteachers.com/

http://www.eduwonk.com/

http://bbridges51.edublogs.org/

http://www.edutopia.org/spiralnotebook

Blogs: ClassroomBlogs: Classroom

http://mrcsclassblog.blogspot.com/

http://itc.blogs.com/minds/

http://apcalc06.blogspot.com/

http://sarahplainandtall.blogspot.com/

http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelmath/

Blogs: TutorialsBlogs: Tutorials

http://edublogs.org/videos/ (Edublog.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnploFsS_tY (Blogger.com)

http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/wordpress_start.htm

http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/blog-basics

http://universityofblogs.com/ (Practice the process blogging worry free!!!)

Blogs: HostingBlogs: Hosting

http://edublogs.org/

http://teacherlingo.com/

http://blog.com/

https://www.blogger.com/start

http://wordpress.com/

Blogs: ResourcesBlogs: Resources

http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers

http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992

http://www.masternewmedia.org/where_to_find_free_images_and_visuals/#

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001449.shtml

http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs