VirtualMV/Digital Learning Technologies/Blogging
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| Blogging | Microblog | Blogs | WordPress | Google | In teaching and learning | Issues |  |
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Overview
A technology that is used extensively for Learning is the Blog. In this section we will look at both the micro-blog and the blog.
A Blog or "weblog" (Cyber Business Centre[1], 2003; Winer, 2002[2]) is an online diary or journal, typically documenting the day-to-day life of an individual, and has become a way in which individuals can record unstructured comments and allow reader annotations.
In November 2006, Technorati, a blog search engine, was tracking more than 57 million (BBC, 2006[3]), and by April 2008, 112.8 million (Technorati, n.d.[4]).
Examples of Blog software include
- WordPress
- Blogger (Google)
- Tumblr
- Medium
- LiveJournal
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Tumblr lets you share anything you like effortlessly [5]
Medium connects people, stories, and ideas that matter to you. [6]
LiveJournal is a community publishing platform, willfully blurring the lines between blogging and social networking. [7]
For an intro to blogging WikiEducator has some training at http://wikieducator.org/Creating_a_blog/Introduction
Examples of Microblog software include
- Twitter
- identi.ca (discontinued 2013)
- twiducate ( http://www.twiducate.com )
- A free resource for educators. Developed in 2009, the goal is to create a medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom. twiducate attempts to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment.
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Blog comparison
| Blog | Advantages | Disadvantages | Issues |
| Allows use of #hash tag for organising | New users need mobile device to create an account (changed 2014) | ||
| Wordpress.com |
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.com has no Google analytics or Google AdWords. Has its own stats and advertising possible (WordAds = specialised one for WordPress, and you need to attach your site to a domain name) | |
| Wordpress.org | Allows fully customisable private hosting (including changing CSS and adding custom plug-ins) | Able to use Google Analytics & Adwords | |
| Blogger (Google) | Very easy to use and to start up and free | Uploading a photo can take sometime to put up | |
| Sites (Google) | Must be completely shared for others to make comments | ||
| Tumblr | It combines Blogging and social media together, other users blogs can be reblogged to your own tumblr, very easy to use | There are limitations on theme designs, business blogging is difficult on tumblr | Your tumblr site can be unavailable when they have issues until they have fixed the problem |
| Medium | It is blog Platform where people can share their idea and stories. | It is not easy to customize. | |
| LiveJournal | It is a blog that encourages communal interaction. | Not that much convenient. |
Rezelki (talk) 03:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
References
- ↑ Cyber Business Center. (2003). Full Glossary Listing. University of Nottingham. Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cyber/fullglos.html
- ↑ Winer, D. (2002). The History of Weblogs. Retrieved December 11, 2004, from http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs
- ↑ BBC. (2006). Blogosphere sees healthy growth. Retrieved April 27, 2008, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6129496.stm
- ↑ Technorati. (n.d.). About Us. Retrieved April 27, 2008 from http://technorati.com/about/
- ↑ Tumblr. (2007). About Tumblr. Retrieved March 16, 2015, from https://www.tumblr.com/about
- ↑ Medium. (2012). About Medium. Retrieved March 29, 2015, from https://medium.com/@Medium/medium-connects-the-people-stories-and-ideas-that-matter-to-you-495655fb8459
- ↑ LiveJournal. (1999). About LiveJournal. Retrieved April 02, 2015, from http://www.livejournal.com/about
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