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Category Archives: Blogs
A(nother) university with blogs
UMW: a university with blogs http://umwblogs.org/ “No parameters, just engage honestly with what you are doing, thinking about” – Jim Groom, in his OpenEd session. 2900 users in 2300 blogs. People given their own spaces. Jim’s Blog. Case study: “I … Continue reading
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WordPress Themes (revisited)
Tackling again the task of having a new theme here.But what I need probably requires more than I can manage. Mimbo A cool theme: but some complexities. A post at DarrenHoyt.com gives some background to using template tags and custom … Continue reading
Disclaimers for blogs on our site
Just considering the question of a disclaimer for an official site. Some samples . . . The student blogs available on this website represent a real and authentic depiction of student life at Wilfrid Laurier University. In an effort to … Continue reading
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Blogs, Adverts and Books.
Alex Boschmans discovered yesterday I’d commented favourably on his blog design, but with a little throw away comment on the Google Ads. Alex’s comment: It’s true, I admit it, I put a google ad on my frontpage. But it’s supposed … Continue reading
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Blog design progress: themes, tags, asides, categories . . .
I was interested to note that when I first began reading blogs I saw a lot of blog posts about Blogging. Now I know why. I’m now on my fifth day of tinkering with themes, and blog design. I just … Continue reading
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Cops and Bloggers
Jack Vinson probably did not quite mean the comparison to be this literal: Blogs are better than communities because: Weblogs are more respectful of their authors and of their audience Weblogs are better connecting tools. Communities are better than blogs … Continue reading
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CoPs and Blogs
There are two specific discussions involving Blogs I am interested in at the moment: The differences between online journals, blogs and forums. The relationship between bloggers and communities. “CoP’s and Bloggers” was my last minutish presentation at BlogHui, and I … Continue reading
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Note talking vs Note making
Gwen Gawith talks about note making not ‘note taking’. Some discussion of notes at Blogtalk Downunder. Most experienced and hardened bloggers (based on my informal research) have a notes system. Sort of thoughts in the incubator I guess, and these … Continue reading
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Picassa, Audacity, Tinderbox and cMap
cMap: Mind Mapping Free for non-profit use (plus Learning management system called Leo) From the site: “The CmapTools program empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps. It allows users to, among many other … Continue reading
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