Blogs and Bulletin Boards
In a conversation today with Lee LeFever, we were batting around the key differences of online interaction tools like forums and blogs. Then I stumbled upon Roland Tanglao's post in my blog reading tonight. He pulls a quote by Andy Carvin that he liked from a conversation on Tech Soup this week:QUOTE
He goes on to comment:
'blogs are diaries that can be read by the public, while bulletin boards are town hall meetings in which the public can all discuss issues equally.'
I think there's also a lot of insight in the ways that these two things can be used in conjunction with one another. The town hall quality of message boards can play off of the informational/journal quality of weblogs.
UNQUOTE"like the town hall analogy for bulletin boards. Not sure I like the blogs are public diaries analogy (IMHO blogs, in addition to being great diaries, are also great marketing tools, support tools, etc). My favourite definitions are still 'blogs are digital paper' and 'blogs are the unedited voice of a person'.
posted by Nancy White at 7:41 PM
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I think its important to differentiate between blogs that are used for business, teaching, learning, or personal expression. In a classroom, students can create blogs in order to reflect on their learning (a task that is frequently neglected)or to show examples of creativity (writing, art, projects) to parents and peers.
Another frequently neglected aspect of student blogging is to illustrate professional development over time.
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