I've always thought blogs were a great way to get out your ideas to the world and share your ideas. I think one of the big benefits of this class was connecting with my classmates, being able to read their thoughts and "network" a bit with them. Hopefully they will continue after this class and it will continue on. I think personally a blog will be great for me to push out my thoughts to the public on various conferences I goto (I had planned on doing this awhile back but got lazy). Blogging will be a great way to hopefully connect with other peers in my field (online learning technology) and somehow get some conversation going.
I like to thing of blogs as a micro publishing tool. :)
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
The Technology of the Flooding of 2012 vs 1996
So like many Oregonians during the past week we observed the hit of a small snowstorm then a melt, then huge torrential rains. This caused widespread messes around us and flooding around the state, so sever the evacuation of a city!
But on the positive side, lets see how updates and news of the flood was handled in 1996. It was mostly done through radio broadcast, tv news, and word of mouth.
Now enter 2012, where the Internet is mostly our real-time news information. Both the Gazette Times and Democratic Herald setup a "live-blog" were anyone could contribute on their front page. I routinely observed during the flood. It was amazing how anyone could post and I would get information on where in the city of Albany/Corvallis roads were getting washed out or was closed. I learned quickly how travel to South-town of Corvallis was shut off when the waters reached the roads. Later on Friday night I learned highway 34 into and out of Corvallis was reduced to one lane due to the rising waters.
This quick and real-time information is great for us. There is no delay and we can adjust our actions accordingly.
Here's a video of the mess:
But on the positive side, lets see how updates and news of the flood was handled in 1996. It was mostly done through radio broadcast, tv news, and word of mouth.
Now enter 2012, where the Internet is mostly our real-time news information. Both the Gazette Times and Democratic Herald setup a "live-blog" were anyone could contribute on their front page. I routinely observed during the flood. It was amazing how anyone could post and I would get information on where in the city of Albany/Corvallis roads were getting washed out or was closed. I learned quickly how travel to South-town of Corvallis was shut off when the waters reached the roads. Later on Friday night I learned highway 34 into and out of Corvallis was reduced to one lane due to the rising waters.
This quick and real-time information is great for us. There is no delay and we can adjust our actions accordingly.
Here's a video of the mess:
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Jeff Utecht on using Blogs in Classrooms
http://www.techlearning.com/article/blogs-are-not-the-enemy/44263
So why do we blog? Jeff Utecht answers this by stating that educators first need to learn how to use blogs effectively in a classroom first. Educators need to understand how to use this tool so students can benefit fully from the experience and engage in their learning process. A blog is basically a journal. Someone writes and someone reads its. The blog allows collaboration between multiple people and conversations can be extended. Jeff argues that blogs are not about the writing, it's all about the conversation that evolves from an entry. Jeff also argues that after students use blogs to converse with each other, those conversations need to be brought back into the classroom for further discussion. Don't just create and assignment and ignore it.
Jeff also argues that comments are the most important part of blogs. I agree, when we blog we put out our thoughts. We are looking for feedback, if we weren't we would have just created a webpage instead. With the comments we can understand our audience a bit better, sometimes they might even get us to think secondly on our entry and topic.
So why do we blog? Jeff Utecht answers this by stating that educators first need to learn how to use blogs effectively in a classroom first. Educators need to understand how to use this tool so students can benefit fully from the experience and engage in their learning process. A blog is basically a journal. Someone writes and someone reads its. The blog allows collaboration between multiple people and conversations can be extended. Jeff argues that blogs are not about the writing, it's all about the conversation that evolves from an entry. Jeff also argues that after students use blogs to converse with each other, those conversations need to be brought back into the classroom for further discussion. Don't just create and assignment and ignore it.
Jeff also argues that comments are the most important part of blogs. I agree, when we blog we put out our thoughts. We are looking for feedback, if we weren't we would have just created a webpage instead. With the comments we can understand our audience a bit better, sometimes they might even get us to think secondly on our entry and topic.
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