Jul 17 2012

Beyond the Blogosphere: a Virtual World Book Discussion

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Name of Event: Book Discussion with Aaron Barlow & Robert Leston- “Beyond the Blogsphere: Information and Its Children” Where: Community Virtual Library Auditorium on Info Island in Second Life When: Sunday, July 22@ 11am SLT (Pacific Time) For anyone interested in the impact of the Internet on education, society, journalism, and our lives, this book [...]

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May 13 2009

The balance of personal / professional

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Blogs are like personal diaries where each unique voice is important.  Blogs are also a new collaborative resource which can help us in professional growth.  I have had this nagging feeling of misunderstanding about whether the purpose of a blog should be personal or professional- I mean it almost seems like they are opposites.  I [...]

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Dec 27 2008

Free Blog (at a price)

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So it turns out edublogs now allows “contentlink” ads to appear within my free educational blog.  I have investigated the possibility of ridding my blog of these annoying ads.  Now I read that in order to have an “ad-free” blog, I must pay an annual subscription.  It is difficult for a reader to distinguish my intentional [...]

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Jul 25 2008

Blah-blah-blog

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In the back of my mind I have struggled with the concept of “blogging” since the moment I encountered it.  As a writing trainer, I have spent many summers training teachers on the recursive writing process.  A writer is encouraged to revisit writing again and again to revise.  The writer takes an idea and revisits [...]

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Apr 25 2008

Happy Blogday to Me!!

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I just happened to notice that I started this blog two years ago today.  Hmmm…interesting to note that I feel like I have learned so much and yet have so much left to learn.  I am as clueless as when I started because technology is a gigantic mountain for me to climb.  It’s a good [...]

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