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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Mobile Learning and Heritage

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) has published a bilingual booklet on using mobile devices in heritage interpretation (see press release). The report is by Tom Pert, the mapping officer for RCAHMW. The report starts with three case studies (Roman, Medieval, Industrial): Ruthin e-trail…

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Bibliographies and WorldCat

How can we simplify the creation of bibliographies? One simple way is to use WorldCat. Here is a working introductory reading list for one of my MA modules on archaeological ethics. The list can be exported to Endnote, RefWorks, HTML or RTF. One glitch is that books in Swansea do…

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Blogs and Student Communities

I came across the Bryn Mawr Archaeology Students’ Blog. News stories, events, videos, etc. are shared in this forum. Is a blog more effective for sharing informal information than, say, Blackboard (in a Swansea context)? What are the advantages over a “closed” community on Facebook?

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