Blogs

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Blogs

• Jerry Thomas
• OSU Extension

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Contact Information

• Jerry Thomas, Ph.D.
• OSU Extension, Center at Lima
• Ph 419.422.6106
• Email thomas.69_at_osu.edu
• Blog extensiontrends.ag.ohio-state.edu
• Feel free to contact me with questions or
  comments!!

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What Well Cover

• What a blog is
• How blogs can help you
• Your own blog
• Others blogs as a source of information

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What Blogs Are

• Simplified Webpage that
• Lists posts chronologically (most recent on top)
• Is easy to create posts (if you can email, you
  can post)
• Usually allows readers to add comments
• Can have multiple authors and categories

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But are Different from Traditional Webpages
because they.

• Tend to be much more dynamic
• Are more timely
• Allow integration w/ other media (ie, podcasts)
• Use feeds (a way to have the content sent to
  users without them going to the page)
• Searchable Archieved

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A Watershed Example

• Arizona Master Watershed Stewards
• http//blog.ltc.arizona.edu/masterwatershedsteward
  s/

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Some Examples

• Environmental Economics http//www.env-econ.net/
• Internal communications http//www.extension.iast
  ate.edu/technews
• Volunteer Coordination http//azmasternaturalist.
  arizona.edu/
• Subject matter using Blogger
  http//edpro.blogspot.com/

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Creating a Blog

• Blogger see handout
• https//www.blogger.com/start

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Reading Blogs

• Can be a source of information
• Search on Google
• Also http//technorati.com is a leading blog
  search engine

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Questions?

• Contact me
• Email thomas.69_at_osu.edu
• Phone [phone]
• http//extensiontrends.ag.ohio-state.edu