Comments on: why do you blog? http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/ a journey to instructional technology Fri, 02 May 2008 21:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sue Waters http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-19 Sue Waters Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:22:29 +0000 http://edtechak.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-19 @Rob did you say Alaska? That is a far way from anywhere? Hadn't thought of using Tumblr for moblogging -- might have to check it out. @Rob did you say Alaska? That is a far way from anywhere? Hadn’t thought of using Tumblr for moblogging — might have to check it out.

]]> By: roblef http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-17 roblef Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:13 +0000 http://edtechak.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-17 Hi Sarah! Good to hear that resonates with you. I really like your point about blogging being about subjects not quite on topic, like web 2.0 or techie stuff. It keeps my interest on the blogs I read, as well as provides a wider base of common ground. :) Hi Sarah! Good to hear that resonates with you. I really like your point about blogging being about subjects not quite on topic, like web 2.0 or techie stuff. It keeps my interest on the blogs I read, as well as provides a wider base of common ground. :)

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-16 Sarah Stewart Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:12:10 +0000 http://edtechak.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-16 I blog for all the reasons you have put there, Rob. I use it to get information out to my students and to the wider midwifery community (I am a midwifery lecturer). It is a record of my web 2.0 journey as well as a bit of an experiment ie I am working through issues that I hope to use later in my teaching. It is also a way of building my professional presence or identity - marketing myself. cheers Sarah I blog for all the reasons you have put there, Rob. I use it to get information out to my students and to the wider midwifery community (I am a midwifery lecturer). It is a record of my web 2.0 journey as well as a bit of an experiment ie I am working through issues that I hope to use later in my teaching. It is also a way of building my professional presence or identity – marketing myself. cheers Sarah

]]> By: roblef http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-14 roblef Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:22 +0000 http://edtechak.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-14 Hey, Sue, your blog is great. Thanks for starting the conversation. For me, blogging started out as a way to share thoughts about my life, my kids, etc. with people who lived really far away (Alaska is far from ALL my peeps). Since then, it's taken on a more rich dynamic. It's why I have more than one blog: a personal one and a professional one, for instance. More topic-specific than general. As for tumblr, I just recently used it as a moblog, while I traveled to Boston. It was easier to send photos and updates to tumblr from my iPhone than it was to send them to flickr or my personal blog. Hey, Sue, your blog is great. Thanks for starting the conversation. For me, blogging started out as a way to share thoughts about my life, my kids, etc. with people who lived really far away (Alaska is far from ALL my peeps). Since then, it’s taken on a more rich dynamic. It’s why I have more than one blog: a personal one and a professional one, for instance. More topic-specific than general.

As for tumblr, I just recently used it as a moblog, while I traveled to Boston. It was easier to send photos and updates to tumblr from my iPhone than it was to send them to flickr or my personal blog.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-13 Sue Waters Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:56:26 +0000 http://edtechak.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-13 Hi Rob - thanks for being patient and waiting for my blog to come back online. Also thanks for taking the time to write this post, comment on Lee's post and my post. Yep I'm a twitter-a-holic but still haven't got into using Tumblr. Can you tell me a bit more about how you use tumblr and how it fits between blogging & twitter for you? Wow 2003 how much do you feel blogging has changed from 2003 to now? I like your tip of don't sweat on the small stuff -- sometimes the best posts are the ones that are slightly wrong and these create the greatest connection with your readers. Also like the writing and network tips - I have very set routines for blogging -- so aren't going to cope well when I go away next week :(. Hi Rob – thanks for being patient and waiting for my blog to come back online. Also thanks for taking the time to write this post, comment on Lee’s post and my post. Yep I’m a twitter-a-holic but still haven’t got into using Tumblr. Can you tell me a bit more about how you use tumblr and how it fits between blogging & twitter for you? Wow 2003 how much do you feel blogging has changed from 2003 to now? I like your tip of don’t sweat on the small stuff — sometimes the best posts are the ones that are slightly wrong and these create the greatest connection with your readers. Also like the writing and network tips – I have very set routines for blogging — so aren’t going to cope well when I go away next week :( .

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