1. Sponsored by the CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 New Ways to Share Information: Blogging Barbara Chamberlin & Sonja Jo Serna

2. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 What is a Blog? Web + log = Blog Online journal Can be –Collaborative –Categorical –Work, private, themed, random –Started, then ignored

3. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 Let’s take a look: Personal: –Rantings of a Waiter http://waiterrant.blogspot.com/ Professional: –Invasive Species http://invasivespecies.blogspot.com/

4. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 Let’s take a look: Extension –Alabama Extension News http://www.aces.edu/department/extcomm/npa/newsline/ http://www.aces.edu/department/extcomm/npa/newsline/ –Extension in Kiev http://www.wgroups.nauu.kiev.ua/?acacia=39 http://www.wgroups.nauu.kiev.ua/?acacia=39 My Blogs –Learning Games http://learninggames.blogspot.com/ http://learninggames.blogspot.com/ –Kids Blog http://gtesting.blogspot.com http://gtesting.blogspot.com

5. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 What do Blogs offer me? Follow others’ Blogs –http://www.feedster.com/http://www.feedster.com/ Create your own blog –Personal writing –Professional writing –Collaborative sharing space

6. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 Setting up a Blog Free Services –Easy to set up –May be limited –Blogger (since 1999) http://www.blogger.com http://www.blogger.com Paid Services –More features

7. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 What else can Blogs do? Audio –By phone –Podcast –Texas Extension http://agnews.tamu.edu/rss.html http://agnews.tamu.edu/rss.html Photos –Some blogs allow posting of pictures

8. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 Keeping up with all that information… RSS: real simple syndication –Great way for keeping up with frequent or infrequent postings –Need a “reader” or “aggregator” –Demonstration…

9. CAHE Technology Help Desk 646-3305 Next Popcorn Technology Session Wow: Word Does What? –5 top very cool things you can do in Microsoft Word Automatic table of contents Making comments and reviews Automatic new revisions Two other things I haven’t thought of yet. Friday, August 19, 3pm