Examples of Blog Uses
Blog as a journal
- personal blogs – http://fail.umwblogs.org/
- class group blog – UBC ETEC 540 Class, UMW Food Chemistry Class
- instructor blog – Henry Jenkins, Steve Pavlik (link to Steve’s blog from Tucson Weekly)
Blog as a static web site
- Class course materials – NWIC BIOL 205
- Public display of student reports/projects – Historical Markers Project
- Collaborative group project/research – Geology Project at U of Calgary
Blog as portfolio
- student portfiolio (across classes, over time) Student Art Portfolio
- instructor portfolio (collections of papers, presentations, syllabi, etc.)
Blog as point of aggregation
- aggregated course blog – Digital Whitman Project
- aggregate topics – “writing across the curriculum”
Blog as news site
- online newsletter – NWIC Service Learning
- school newspaper – UMW Bullet
Blog as Community Site
- Learning groups – U of Calgary Teaching and Learning Issues
- Clubs/groups/departments – UBC Blog Squad
College Blog Environments
Amazing Stories of Openness
Readings
Will Richardson, “Metablognition,” Weblogg-Ed, April 27, 2004, http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/04/27.
“The Internet: Continuing the Legacy of Storytelling,” Nieman Reports http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100626
“Culturally Targeted Online Course Redesigns for English Composition and Research Writing: A Case Study,” JOLT http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no1/hai-jew0308.htm
“Preservice English Teachers and Technology: A Consideration of Weblogs for the English Classroom,” CITE http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss4/languagearts/article1.cfm
“Blogs: Enhancing Links in a Professional Learning Community of Science and Mathematics Teachers,” CITE http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss3/science/article1.cfm
Stephen Downes, “Blogs in Education,” Half an Hour http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogs-in-education.html
Scott Rosenberg, “How Blogs Changed Everything”, Salon http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2009/07/06/scott_rosenberg/index.html
Gardner Campbell, “The Reverend Asked Me a Question,” Gardner Writes http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=620
“Clive Thompson on New Literacy,” Wired http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-09/st_thompson