1) A blog is like an online journal. I need to check it or add to it at least once a day. I should add it to my list of things to do such as checking my email, updating my Facebook, or writing a letter to my penpals. It does seem like a rather hard way of working, but if I want to be successful with this thing, I need to be here more than once a week.
2) I can bookmark popular posts. I still don't know how to yet, but at least I can look for the option.
3) I need to somehow increase my readership if I want my blog to be important. I figure the best way to do this is to start dialoging on other people's blogs and they, in turn, will be interested in reading mine. Once we get some good conversations starting, then I will have a reason to be on this thing.
So, that is what I learned today on Edublogger.
What an interesting way to look at blogging; did the tidbit you read about distinguish between a professional or personal blog? I'm still getting used to this whole idea of posting my thoughts on subjects and I think that if, like you mentioned about, more people were reading my blog posts, then I would be more inclined to blog daily. Food for thought: Is there such thing as too much blogging?
ReplyDeleteSounds like you found a good site to follow. For the purposes of this course, you need to check and respond to the blogs of your group and the one other blog once or twice a week.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to join the education blogosphere, then reading and posting more often is probably necessary.
RSS can be used to find out when there is new content on the blogs that you follow. At the bottom of your blogger dashboard, you can see the list of blogs you follow from your peers.
Okay! Sounds like it is going to be getting used to, but I'm going to try and keep up. If it is something that I find useful, I may start using it for other things outside of class. If it doesn't prove an effective means to get information out into the real world, then I'm going to drop it and go for another means of communication. Professional or not, it is worth a shot.
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