Chance meetings and face-to-face explanations - to blog, of network? Aren't they the same thing?
Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011, 22:44
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Because I am living with FIVE OU students it is inevitable that we talk about what we do.
I find myself explaining the difference between blogs and social networking. I used the idea of a fish tank full of water and dripping different coloured inks into this, each colour representing a blog, social networking site, twitter (microblog) .. or e-portfolio or, what we used to have, a webpage.
I find myself recommending a blog site and suggesting its value.
If I have succeeded in getting two people started who had reservations was it because of the personal rapport, that we know each other a bit after a few days, that we've have previous conversations?
How would I achieve this online?
The exchange I've just had captured on video for a start. The narrative, as it plays out of the first 100 entries of these two.
Much more of the same?
In the workplace people can be encourage to blog on and for the Intranet. Someone with contributions that appear to deserve a wider audience could, with that person's permission of course, be released.
Outside the workplace it might still require a.n.other to take the initiative. I've not tried it, but I know it can be done, and that might be to use Edublogs, pay a sub to group 50 blogs, give them all a temporary name (the person's first name probably). And perhaps have 12 titles for blogs they might write.
Chance meetings and face-to-face explanations - to blog, of network? Aren't they the same thing?
Because I am living with FIVE OU students it is inevitable that we talk about what we do.
I find myself explaining the difference between blogs and social networking. I used the idea of a fish tank full of water and dripping different coloured inks into this, each colour representing a blog, social networking site, twitter (microblog) .. or e-portfolio or, what we used to have, a webpage.
I find myself recommending a blog site and suggesting its value.
If I have succeeded in getting two people started who had reservations was it because of the personal rapport, that we know each other a bit after a few days, that we've have previous conversations?
How would I achieve this online?
The exchange I've just had captured on video for a start. The narrative, as it plays out of the first 100 entries of these two.
Much more of the same?
In the workplace people can be encourage to blog on and for the Intranet. Someone with contributions that appear to deserve a wider audience could, with that person's permission of course, be released.
Outside the workplace it might still require a.n.other to take the initiative. I've not tried it, but I know it can be done, and that might be to use Edublogs, pay a sub to group 50 blogs, give them all a temporary name (the person's first name probably). And perhaps have 12 titles for blogs they might write.
A workshop? A presentation?bl