Baffled by Blogging?

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Baffled by Blogging?
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Agenda

• History
• What's a blog?
• Safety
• Free services for bloggers
• Great edu-blogging examples

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Agenda

• But feel free to interrupt at any time.
• This session is for YOU, not me.

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History

• The history of blogging is like the history of
  photography.

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Heliography 1820s

• The first permanent photographs.
• Only a few people had the knowledge and equipment.

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ARPANET 1969

• Small, but working network.
• Limited Users

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Photography1880s

• Ben Day Dots invented.
• Newspapers abandon drawings for photographs.
• Newspaper credibility improved.

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InternetLate 1990s

• Before the bubble bursts...
• Tripod Geocities
• Templates
• Anyone can have a website.
• Credibility went down.

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Photography Today

• Democratization of photography.
• Film? What film?
• Digital cameras make darkrooms obsolete.
• The camera can lie.

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Internet Today

• Anyone can have a website.
• Updating is easy.
• Information is everywhere.
• Do you trust your sources?

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But what are blogs?

• web log

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But what are blogs?

• Easy to update
• New content on top

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But what are blogs?

• a new way to communicate with others

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But what are blogs?

• December 29, 2005
• David Warlick asks a question.
• What will classrooms be like in 2015?

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But what are blogs?

• January 27, 2006
• Bob Sprankle passes the question on.
• 3rd 4th graders record their answers.

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But what are blogs?
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But what are blogs?
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But what are blogs?

• networking
• (blogosphere)

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But what are blogs?

• Parents
• Students
• Artists
• Journalists

• Teachers
• Authors
• Politicians
• Predators

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Safety

• The internet is just as safe as any other public
  place.
• It's also just as dangerous.

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Safety

• Get permission FIRST!

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Safety

• Surf with your kids

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Safety

• Never provide personal information

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Safety

• Question everything

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Freebies Examples

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  om

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Sources

• http//www.sri.com/about/timeline/arpanet.html
• http//www.photoman.co.kr/photo/history/02-Heliogr
  aphy.html
• http//photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.ph
  p?CISOROOT/mchsCISOPTR290REC8
• http//www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/News/Images/
• http//kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury1880.htm
• http//web.archive.org/web//http//www.webcrawler
  .com
• http//davidwarlick.com/2cents/
• http//www.bobsprankle.com/blog/
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/cerealfan/90504160/

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Sources

• http//maps.google.com/
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/jenniewoo/75853330/
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/cosmickitty/248332969
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