Baffled by Blogging?

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Agenda● History● What's a blog?● Safety● Free services for bloggers● Great edu-blogging examples

Agenda

But feel free to interrupt at any time.

This session is for YOU, not me.

History

The history of blogging is like the history of

photography.

Heliography: 1820s● The first

permanent photographs.

● Only a few people had the knowledge and equipment.

ARPANET: 1969● Small, but

working network.

● Limited Users

Photography:1880s● “Ben Day Dots”

invented.● Newspapers

abandon drawings for photographs.

● Newspaper credibility improved.

Internet:Late 1990s● Before the bubble

bursts...● Tripod & Geocities● Templates ● Anyone can have a

website.● Credibility went down.

Photography: Today● Democratization of

photography.● Film? What film?● Digital cameras make

darkrooms obsolete.● The camera can lie.

Internet: Today● Anyone can have a

website.● Updating is easy.● Information is

everywhere.● Do you trust your

sources?

But what are blogs?

web log

But what are blogs?● Easy to update● New content on top

But what are blogs?

a new way to communicate with

others

But what are blogs?● December 29, 2005● David Warlick asks a

question.● What will classrooms

be like in 2015?

But what are blogs?● January 27, 2006● Bob Sprankle passes

the question on.● 3rd & 4th graders

record their answers.

But what are blogs?

But what are blogs?

But what are blogs?

networking(blogosphere)

But what are blogs?●Parents●Students●Artists●Journalists

●Teachers●Authors●Politicians●Predators

Safety

The internet is just as safe as any other public place.

It's also just as dangerous.

Safety●Get permission FIRST!

Safety●Surf with your kids

Safety●Never provide personal information

Safety●Question everything

Freebies & Examples

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Sources● http://www.sri.com/about/timeline/arpanet.html● http://www.photoman.co.kr/photo/history/02-Hel

iography.html● http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewe

r.php?CISOROOT=/mchs&CISOPTR=290&REC=8

● http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/News/Images/● http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury1880.ht

m● http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.webcra

wler.com● http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/● http://www.bobsprankle.com/blog/● http://www.flickr.com/photos/cerealfan/9050416

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Sources● http://maps.google.com/● http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniewoo/758533

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