1. 1 Professor Emeritus Ray Schroeder Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning University of Illinois at Springfield Copyright Ray Schroeder, 2003. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author Creating a Campus Technology Blog

2. 2 What are Blogs? Web + Logs = Blogs Web Pages  Automated updating  Chronological postings  May accommodate responses Internet-specific phenomenon Incomplete index of blogs  http://portal.eatonweb.com/ http://portal.eatonweb.com/

3. 3 Some Examples of Relevant Blogs Ray’s Blogs  Online Learning Update Online Learning Update  Techno-News Blog Techno-News Blog Harvard Law School Blogs  http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ John Udell  http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/ http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/ David Carter-Tod  http://instructionaltechnology.editthispage.com/ http://instructionaltechnology.editthispage.com/

4. 4 Getting Started Three Primary Ways (Siemens Art of Blogging)Siemens Art of Blogging Hosted  http://www.blogger.comhttp://www.blogger.com Remotely Installed  http://www.movabletype.org/ http://www.movabletype.org/ Desktop  http://radio.userland.com/ http://radio.userland.com/ Resources for Setting up Your Blog  http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog

5. 5 Blog Creation Wizards Great Ways to Get Started: BlogSpot  http://www.blogspot.com/ http://www.blogspot.com/ WebCrimson  http://edit.webcrimson.com/signup/ ?mode=2&sitetype=Blog http://edit.webcrimson.com/signup/ ?mode=2&sitetype=Blog Radio Userland  http://radio.userland.com/ http://radio.userland.com/

6. 6 Bloki – Page and Blog Possibly the simplest way to create a blog Takes just two minutes and you are up and running Share your URL with others and give access http://www.bloki.com http://rayschroeder.bloki.com/blog/

7. 7 Two-Way Blog Communication Providing “team” access to blog  Authorize multiple posters with configurable permissions Comment Features  Educational Technology Blog Educational Technology Blog  SquawkBox.tv SquawkBox.tv

8. 8 RSS: Aggregating Blogs Rich Site Summary  Originally Netscape News Feeds  XML Summary of Blog Entries  Multiple Reader Technologies  http://newsisfree.com http://newsisfree.com  Examples:  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogbox.htm http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogbox.htm  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogboxnews.htm http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogboxnews.htm

9. 9 Selected Sources Introduction to Blogging  http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/621278p- 4775497c.html http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/621278p- 4775497c.html  http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_1.htm http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_1.htm  http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_2.htm http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_2.htm  http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs  http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/blogosphere.htm http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/blogosphere.htm  http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html  http://www.livingreflections.com/blog/whatisablog.shtml http://www.livingreflections.com/blog/whatisablog.shtml Blogging News  http://www.blogroots.com/ http://www.blogroots.com/

10. 10 Selected Sources RSS – Rich Site Summary  http://www.downes.ca/files/RSS_Educ.htm http://www.downes.ca/files/RSS_Educ.htm  http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/1/ http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/1/  http://www.infotoday.com/online/nov02/OnTheNet.htm http://www.infotoday.com/online/nov02/OnTheNet.htm Blog Index  http://portal.eatonweb.com http://portal.eatonweb.com MS-NBC Blogspotting  http://www.msnbc.com/news/809307.asp?0cb=-81892581 http://www.msnbc.com/news/809307.asp?0cb=-81892581 Ray’s Blogs  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogger.html http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogger.html  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html

11. 11 Contact Information Ray Schroeder Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning HRB-79 One University Plaza University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, IL 62703-5407 217-206-7531 Schroeder.ray@uis.edu