VirtualMV/Digital Learning Technologies/Blogging

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 * Set up a Personal Learning Environment - we will be using a Blog...
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Overview
A technology that is used extensively for Learning is the Blog. In this section we will look at both the micro-blog and the blog.

A Blog or "weblog" (Cyber Business Centre, 2003; Winer, 2002 ) is an online diary or journal, typically documenting the day-to-day life of an individual, and has become a way in which individuals can record unstructured comments and allow reader annotations.

In November 2006, Technorati, a blog search engine, was tracking more than 57 million (BBC, 2006 ), and by April 2008, 112.8 million (Technorati, n.d. ).

Examples of Blog software include
 * WordPress
 * Blogger (Google)

For an intro to blogging WikiEducator has some training at http://wikieducator.org/Creating_a_blog/Introduction

Examples of Microblog software include
 * Twitter
 * identi.ca (discontinued 2013)
 * twiducate ( http://www.twiducate.com )
 * A free resource for educators. Developed in 2009, the goal is to create a medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom. twiducate attempts to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment.