"The discipline of blogging has made me a more efficient scholar"

Bill Caraher of the University of North Dakota always has something interesting to say about the process of blogging. After running an academic blog (“The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World”) for two years he reflects on its value: Audience. Blogging as Professional and Social Networking. People read blogs. Content and…

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A Primer for Blogging

Archaeologist William Caraher of the University of North Dakota has written an interesting piece about the elements of blogging (“How to write for the Pyla-Kousopetria Archaeological Project Blog: A Primer in Archaeological Blogging“, April 20, 2009). The various PKAP blogs are among the most unique aspects of our project. Our…

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Jon Stewart shakes his fist at Twitter

“It’s no wonder young people love it, according to reports about young people by middle-aged people.” The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Twitter Frenzy Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Political HumorJoke of the Day

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Why (archaeologists) blog

Bill Caraher, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of North Dakota who works on Late Antique Greece, has an interesting reflection,”Why blog?” on The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. He summarises: 1. I like to write and find the discipline of writing valuable.2. A desire…

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Windows Live Writer

I was writing a fairly positive review of Windows Live Writer, a new blogging tool from Microsoft, when it crashed on me before I could publish the article! Nonetheless, I was still sufficiently impressed to persevere. The good news is that Live Writer does most things that you’d expect a…

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Blogging: Where do I start?

One of the helpful guides is The Rough Guide to Blogging by Jonathan Yang. It contains helpful information about choosing the right platform, setting up RSS feeds, adding podcasts, etc. There is also a blog to accompany the Guide.

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Shout out for OUseful Info!

As I mentioned it at this morning’s E-Learning and Cakes session, I regularly read OUseful Info. Tony Hirst’s regularly updated blog is a great source of ideas for new ways to use and mash-up Web 2.0 goodies into E-Learning resources. Tony is an E-Learning Technologist at the Open University (OU),…

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