Blogging: it's a conversation
Photo of Sue Waters by quadropop CC (by) (nc) (sa)
Blogs have shed their reputation as vanity-driven sites full of angst to emerge as important communications tools for millions of professionals.
With so many free options available - including the new blogging tool on the me.edu.au site, the time is right for new bloggers to take the plunge and anyone with a stalled blog to get fresh inspiration.
This episode of E-learning Insights features audio of an hour-long online discussion led Sue Waters, the editor of the Edublogger (the blog of the Edublog web site, a service provider of blogs for the education sector).
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Web sites related to this episode
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Mobile Technology in TAFE
- Sue Waters' professional blog.
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The Edublogger
- The official blog of Edublogs - a site that provides free, WordPress-powered blogs for educators.
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Chris Brogan's "The Power of Comments" blog post
- As demonstrated by Sue, a blog post consisting solely of reader comments.
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me.edu.au
- Free online social networking service for educators that includes a free blog, supported by education.au and edna.
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Cocomment
- A tool to keep track of all the comments and discussions your are participating in or observing on the web. When someone adds something to the comment stream or discussion, you'll be notified.
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co.mments
- An online tool that allows users to bookmark blog comments and receive updates when new comments are added.
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