Comments on: So what’s so special about blogs? http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/ Interactive Whiteboards and Electronic Voting Systems in Maths Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jonesieboy http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-14 jonesieboy Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:44:08 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-14 Cheers John - I took the liberty of tidying it up for you :) You've got me thinking now - wouldn't a help forum for classes be quite cool? Cheers John - I took the liberty of tidying it up for you :)
You’ve got me thinking now - wouldn’t a help forum for classes be quite cool?

]]> By: john http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-13 john Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:26:00 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-13 </em>sorry about the unclosed em tag, I've got to stop doing that. sorry about the unclosed em tag, I’ve got to stop doing that.

]]> By: john http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-12 john Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:24:45 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-12 Hi Robert, Great post, <em>more or better reasons would be hard.</em> <em>on-line community established <strong>by teachers</strong></em> another nail hit, bottom up, so many educational movements and initiatives are top down, blogging by its nature is pretty democratic. When you think of all the effort and money spent on building community for teachers it is ironic that one of the best communities is the one build by teachers at their own expense. <em>another big benefit is that blogging is great for pupils</em> It would be interesting to see if any teacher who post to forums have created forums for their pupils. Personally I love email lists, have had great help form forums but have never considered setting either up for my class. Blogs, by being bits loosely joined, are a lot more fluid than forums and mail lists, avoiding the old boys club feel (early days at yet but that is what it feels like) Hi Robert,
Great post, more or better reasons would be hard.
on-line community established by teachers another nail hit, bottom up, so many educational movements and initiatives are top down, blogging by its nature is pretty democratic. When you think of all the effort and money spent on building community for teachers it is ironic that one of the best communities is the one build by teachers at their own expense.
another big benefit is that blogging is great for pupils It would be interesting to see if any teacher who post to forums have created forums for their pupils. Personally I love email lists, have had great help form forums but have never considered setting either up for my class.
Blogs, by being bits loosely joined, are a lot more fluid than forums and mail lists, avoiding the old boys club feel (early days at yet but that is what it feels like)

]]> By: Ewan McIntosh http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-11 Ewan McIntosh Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:20:38 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/#comment-11 I think you've got the main reason: ownership. There are other reasons that depend on the individual or organisation: better profile, easier to find on Google (more Googlejuice with a blog than a website), easier to find through serendipity (RSS feeds mean the blog is replicated all over the web so more of your potential audience have a chance of finding you). Above all, I think the conversations are better on a series of blogs than on a forum. On forums people shout over each other, rarely reading the whole thread. On a blog each post can be separate or at least link back to fill readers in on th history. In this respect the quality of interactions can be better and people tend to be more helpful. By adding comments like this one ;-) I think you’ve got the main reason: ownership. There are other reasons that depend on the individual or organisation: better profile, easier to find on Google (more Googlejuice with a blog than a website), easier to find through serendipity (RSS feeds mean the blog is replicated all over the web so more of your potential audience have a chance of finding you).

Above all, I think the conversations are better on a series of blogs than on a forum. On forums people shout over each other, rarely reading the whole thread. On a blog each post can be separate or at least link back to fill readers in on th history. In this respect the quality of interactions can be better and people tend to be more helpful.

By adding comments like this one ;-)

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