blogging

Blogs can be a wonderful tool for being able to edit and work with information. This allows for a structured conversation around a topic. Bloggers are the non-corporate journalists of today. Some are good, [|some][|are][| unbelievable]. Although some of the blogs are full of content that would not be appropriate at school, much of the content on blogs points to useful resources.


 * 1) http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i39/39a01401.htm from the http://chronicle.com/index.htm (June, 2003)
 * 2) http://www.nitle.org/newsletter/v2_n1_winter2003/features_weblogs.php from the Newsletter of the http://www.nitle.org (Winter, 2003)
 * 3) http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/02/blogs.html from http://www.techlearning.com/ (Feb, 2003)
 * 4) http://mywebspace.quinnipiac.edu/PHastings/classroom.html
 * 5) http://www.daily.umn.edu/article.php?id=5330 from the http://mndaily.com/ (March, 2003)
 * 6) http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/000516.html - a blog entry about educational blogging

Example Blogs

 * 1) http://mamamusings.net - and instructor's blog for sharing personal and professional commentary
 * 2) http://16b.weblogger.com/ - using a blog as course communication tool
 * 3) http://www.usca.edu/english/fornes/101f03/ - a class blog with links to each student's blog
 * 4) http://cyberdash.net/tawfa03/ - for students to communicate and share ideas with other students
 * 5) http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ - a blog about educational blogging
 * 6) http://gangstories.com/gangstories.htm - **language warning**. This is the kind of emotion and writing we would hope to free students to express via this medium.
 * 7) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/directory/36/harvardWeblogs - blogs for faculty and students
 * 8) http://lorenzen.blogspot.com/ - a librarian's blog for sharing resources
 * 9) http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
 * 10) http://www.nedbatchelder.com/blog/index.html - software engineering
 * 11) http://www.crmmastery.com/weblog/ - marketing
 * 12) http://outsidethebeltway.com/ - political science
 * 13) http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/ - economic theory
 * 14) http://dwar.blogspot.com/ - history and politics
 * 15) http://bloviate.blogspot.com/ - public health and policy
 * 16) http://huminf.uib.no/~jill/txt/researchblogs.html - an annotated list of weblogs of researchers and academics
 * 17) http://rhetorica.net/professors_who_blog.htm - a list of blogs with general topic area
 * 18) http://www.blogwise.com/ - a list of blogs by category
 * 19) http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/ - mostly about architecture
 * 20) http://portal.eatonweb.com/ - another categorized list of blogs

Blog Writing Tools

 * 1) http://www.blogger.com - free, host on your server or theirs with advertisements
 * 2) http://www.easyjournal.com/ - free
 * 3) http://cluster.tribe.net/tribe/servlet/ - free
 * 4) http://www.crimsonblog.com/ - free, but might include pop ups
 * 5) http://www.weblogger.com/ - not free
 * 6) http://radio.userland.com/ - desktop software you buy - requires some server space for publishing
 * 7) http://www.typepad.com/ - not free
 * 8) http://www.xanga.com/ - free basic service
 * 9) http://www.schoolblogs.com/createASchoolBlog - not sure how long this has been or will be around, but it's free
 * 10) http://slblogs.net/ - not sure how long this has been or will be around, but it's free

Aggregators
Aggregators are programs that gather your favorite blogs and present them in one, basic text format for quick review. Only those blogs that have RSS feeds can be read by an aggregator. Those blogs usually have a little orange XML graphic which links to the RSS feed. That is the URL you would input to the aggregator.


 * 1) http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/ - download and run on desktop
 * 2) http://www.johnmunsch.com/projects/HotSheet/ - download and run on desktop
 * 3) http://www.feedreader.com/ - download and run on desktop
 * 4) http://tatochip.mykb.com/ArticleView.aspx?articleId=0c227c62-6387-4b2f-9386-89390f479800 - runs on Internet Explorer
 * 5) http://www.bloglines.com/ - browser-based

For a list of more see http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/000877.php or http://backend.userland.com/directory/167/aggregators.

If you want to have your blog aggregated, http://www.wcc.vccs.edu/services/rssify/rssify.php currently offers the service for free. You just need to follow the instructions to add the appropriate information to your blog template.

Tools for Advanced Blogging

 * 1) http://www.blogrolling.com/ - helps to manage blog links
 * 2) http://www.tecknik.net/blogback/ - free commenting system
 * 3) http://www.haloscan.com - free commenting system
 * 4) http://www.squawkbox.tv/index.jsp - free commenting system
 * 5) http://www.bighar.com/blogspeak/ - free commenting system (only for Blogger users)
 * 6) http://www.blogpatrol.com/ - track visitors and add polls
 * 7) http://www.bloglet.com/ - readers sign up for email subscriptions to your blog