Day 7 is the new Day 5… + Market Thoughts
Things have been pretty busy, here in the cloud for the last few days, so I didn’t get to do my fifth post on the right day. Here it goes now:
As for my own blogs, there is nothing really to show for moment that is either impressive or content-appropriate. I have my school site, a blog I started for my class (dormant at the moment), a blog I started for some pilot teachers in L. Arts (also dormant right now), my old personal blog (frozen in time), and my current site (a beer blog).
As for blogs I currently use or check that are education-related, here are three:
http://wsbtechnology.blogspot.com/
This is maintained by someone in one of our province’s three school districts. She’s not in my district, but she has a blog I think is valuable.
http://davecormier.com/edblog/
This is an education-related blog maintained by a local fellow. I rarely check it, but… every now and then… may search it for something.
http://edtechtalk.com/
Related to the last link is this one, EdTechTalk. It’s a “collaborative open webcasting community”. I check it out or listen/participate every now and then, when I have time (OK, not that often).
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As for market thoughts, and what can be done to improve / build on blogs, I think there are a few things, some of which I already mentioned in other posts this week:
- somehow, reduce the time it takes to make quality posts. Some things mentioned this week were an add-on like Zemanta or a totally new service like Gleanr.
- encourage discussion / the leaving of comments (a new add-on that rewards posters, perhaps?). Lack of interest and interaction by readers can cause a blogger to lose motivation and interest, possibly causing the end of a whole blog.
- easy-to-use, right-from-the-start user interfaces
- allow for more customization / creation of unique elements
- embed tools in the blog (picture editors, video editors, etc.)
- endless online storage space
- suggestions / matching of bloggers / content / related sites
Posted in: Week 07: Blogs
jarvise 5:34 am on October 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi,
You’re right about the lack of comments being discouraging. Someone else commented earlier in the week on the effect of negative comments too. It would be interesting to examine the psychological implications of blogging. Whenever I post a comment on CBC, I’m always obsessed with how many ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’ I get. Then I try to analyze why people wouldn’t like what I said. Its crazy how we get caught up in it. Maybe a venture focusing on the future of blogging might be a self-help site on how to handle feedback (or lack thereof). Perhaps it could link back to some old Jack Handy quotes.
Emily