blogs, bloggers, blogging

affordances & practice

UF Libraries Expo April 15, 2008 1:30-2:00 PM EST

who am I?

• Christopher D. Sessums• Director, Distance Education, College of Education• Instructor, Educational Technology, College of Education• Ph.D. candidate -- educational technology

• http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog

What is a blog or weblog?

ApplicationMediumPublishing toolBroadcasting toolAggregatorSocial tool

What does a blog cost?

•Effort • Time • Attention • Connectivity • Literacy skills

How have blogs impacted society?

Disruptive technologyEveryone can be a media outletRedefining professionsRediculously easy group formingSocial actionDemocratizing promiseSelf reflectionReveals how knowledge is socially constructed

How do I use a weblog?

Formal/InformalPurposeCommitmentPassionParticipationShareConnectSandboxSelf reflectionKnowledge Base - Filter/HubFeedbackFun

Why do I use a weblog?

My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I’m not selling bread, I’m selling yeast.

-Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936)

Questions?

csessums@coe.ufl.edu

http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog