Posted in Blogging, Web 2.0 on May 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
A couple of years back it was…” excuse you ?”
Now Sydney Institute has its open Wordpress blog happening and Western Institute has kick started its wiki and so on…
It’s good to see capability devleopment having its day and that leaves us to revell in the new offerings of what “21st century” might mean. Hopefully there […]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching young people, Tips & tricks on Mar 24th, 2008 No Comments »
This and other questions such as “Does this count towards anything?” are no doubt all too familiar to any practitioner working with youth. I think these are very smart and prudent queries and ones which we all find ourselves asking as our lives become increasingly busy and complex.
Unless we can identify the worth of a […]
Posted in Blogging on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
[ image : wikipedia ]
Blogging can be a precarious business.
Firstly - how to determine who on earth you are blogging to /for ?
Secondly - who’s linking to you and who is also worth commenting on ?
Thirdly - should you be saying this ? what risks are there in saying anything at all ?
Al Upton is […]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching young people, Web 2.0 on Mar 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
For some things, they say the first time is always the best, and in many ways I’d say that about my first experience with wikis and blogs… all the way back in 2006 when I enjoyed my first LearnScope project.
I was coordinating a Get Skilled group of youth at risk, and I knew that my […]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching young people on Mar 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
Before I introduce … over the next couple of weeks… blogs I have used with young people in courses – with very different degrees of success, I’d like to address the topic of blog etiquette.
Blog etiquette is well-explored in EngageMe’s section on blogging which includes a great collection of resources well worth checking out …
On […]
