1. Basic Blogging Class #4

2. Topics to Cover: Professional network bloggers Locating paying networks Educational tools Business applications Alternative discourse Vlogs; podcasts; wikis

3. Professional Network Bloggers Get experience before applying Member of blogosphere Look for a niche Be patient Be a good linker Pick a topic you love Pitch specifically Expect to blog a lot

4. Locating Paying Networks B5media Creative Webblogging About.com 451 Press Find more through problogger.net and bloggerjobs.biz

5. Educational Tools Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson Class Portal Digital filing cabinet E-portoflio www.weblogg-ed.com

6. Business Applications Consumer education products/services Blog interface anyone can operate Reverse order puts news at top of page Regular blogging = good SEO Provides branding opportunties

7. Alternative Discourse Bloggers as digital archivists Sharing the need for alternative space Working outside traditional institutions Movement from ephemeral media to hypermedia Creates interactive reading experience Scraps of stories with a narrative/iconic relationship

8. Vlogs, Podcasts, and Wikis Vlogs – video blogs YouTube.com Podcasts – audio Gcast.com Wikis – collaborative web sites Wikipedia.org