Blogtalk

Welcome to the ETUG Blogtalk!

Welcome to the site - this will be the base for the discussions on the uses of blogs in education over the next two weeks.

Your guides for the discussion are 4 educators from around the province who each in their own way have been exploring blogs both in and out of the online classroom. We've posted their bios to the site, and you can also check out their personal blog sites by using the links on the lower left hand column.

We've attempted to create a bit of structure for the discussion. Here's the proposed topics and order for the next two weeks:

• What is a weblog? (Brian Lamb - October 6, 7)
• How do I Get Started (Brian & Scott October 7,8)
• General Applications Of Weblogs (Crawford Killian October 9-10)
• Reports from the Lines of Electronic Culture (Laura Trippi October 9-17)
• Case Study 1 - TRecs (Crawford Killian October 13)
• Case Study 2 - Indisciplinary Education (June Lester October 14)
• Tools & Culture (Laura Trippi October 16)

One thing you'll notice is that, unlike an email-based ETUG discussion, it is more difficult here for you, an ETUG list member, to initiate a discussion. This is in small part because of the nature of blogs, in part because of the nature of this particular blog software, and in part because of the structure we've chosen. We can get into this more deeply as the discussion unflods and you'll learn that there are in gact ways for you to start discussions, but for now you can read more about how to interact in the discussions in the post 'How to Use this Site.'

How to Use this Site

If you've seen other blogs before, this site will seem pretty familiar. While it is slightly different from most blogs in being a 'multi-author' blog, most of the layout is fairly standard... Continue reading "How to Use this Site"