This was a good session. He talked about how Blogs are entirely reading based. That’s true for the writer, not just those who subscribe. True, they can be journals or diaries, but their intention is much more intellectual. In them, you’re supposed to make connections, collaborate, reflect, people respond and push back, you develop a network, community building, etc. That's an interesting idea. Was I supposed to read something before starting this blog?
He also talked about how there’s a certain progression for kids in attaining the skills necessary for being members in our society, today’s society where this is how we network and learn. At the high school level, they should be connecting with others, collaborating, blogging, reading blogs, etc. How do we get them there? We start early. At the elementary level, they begin getting comfortable with having an audience for their writing. That’s not easy. It may not be as sophisticated as where we want them to go, but we have to start them somewhere. The sophistication will come later.
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Hi there. Thanks for stopping by my blog. You and I attended different sessions (except for this one... :) ) and I enjoyed reading your notes from other views. Blogging these sessions really allows others to get a sense of what is going on outside of their chosen world. :)
Tracey,
I need to say if your presenter told you Blogs were all reading based, how wrong can a person be! Perhaps, the presenter had never heard of Vlogs (video blogs), or any of the other music-based (mp3blog), picture based (photoblog), or sound-based (podcast) blogs there are out there. The skies the limit. It's not all about reading.
Lance Bowman
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