Ancy, Soheir and Megan all valiantly posted their first blog messages to the world. Well done all three of you !! After nearly 40 minutes of michael talking about this mythical “Web2” experience.. it was truly time for some hands-on activity.
Interesting to read people’s first impressions of blogging:
- Ancy said she could see they might be useful in some professions for communication,
- Soheir said she would need to explore the tool before deciding if it could be useful,
- Megan’s first impression says the blog wouldn’t measure up to email or the e-learning place, but she’ll take a closer look.
Not only posting their own thoughts, but also adding comments to the others’ sites. This is a crucial part of building community around the blog as a communication tool. Comments really help people to feel valued, and also to foster the discussion.
So many good questions came up:
- What is web2? (Often called web 2.0 or social software)
- What are the risks in posting publicly?
- How do we subscribe to each other’s blogs?
- How exactly is blogging a social activity?
Also new terms (as well as “web2”), such as: blogosphere, edublogger.
You can find notes for the session over on the course wiki, including links to a range of bloggers and some introductory videos. Thanks everyone for joining in !!
kind regards, michael