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Blogging: The Evolution of Sharing Information Online

Discover the world of blogs with Barbara Chamberlin & Sonja Jo Serna. Learn what blogs are, how to start your own, and explore the endless possibilities they offer for personal and professional use. Find out how to set up a blog, incorporate multimedia elements, and stay updated with RSS feeds. Join us for the next session to delve into the amazing features of Microsoft Word.

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Blogging: The Evolution of Sharing Information Online

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  1. New Ways to Share Information:Blogging Barbara Chamberlin & Sonja Jo Serna

  2. What is a Blog? • Web + log = Blog • Online journal • Can be • Collaborative • Categorical • Work, private, themed, random • Started, then ignored

  3. Let’s take a look: • Personal: • Rantings of a Waiterhttp://waiterrant.blogspot.com/ • Professional: • Invasive Specieshttp://invasivespecies.blogspot.com/

  4. Let’s take a look: • Extension • Alabama Extension Newshttp://www.aces.edu/department/extcomm/npa/newsline/ • Extension in Kievhttp://www.wgroups.nauu.kiev.ua/?acacia=39 • My Blogs • Learning Gameshttp://learninggames.blogspot.com/ • Kids Bloghttp://gtesting.blogspot.com

  5. What do Blogs offer me? • Follow others’ Blogs • http://www.feedster.com/ • Create your own blog • Personal writing • Professional writing • Collaborative sharing space

  6. Setting up a Blog • Free Services • Easy to set up • May be limited • Blogger (since 1999)http://www.blogger.com • Paid Services • More features

  7. What else can Blogs do? • Audio • By phone • Podcast • Texas Extensionhttp://agnews.tamu.edu/rss.html • Photos • Some blogs allow posting of pictures

  8. 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. 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

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