Blog Basics

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Blog Basics

• Jennifer LinkInstructional Design Librarian,
  GPC Clarkston Campus
• David FreeReference Librarian, GPC Decatur
  Campus

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Whats A Blog?

• Formatted website used for communication,
  community.
• Posts on a common webpage usually in reverse
  chronological order.
• Typically accessible by any Internet
  user.Source Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/
  Weblog)

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Whats A Blog?

• Late 2004/ Early 2005
• 8 million Americans created blogs
• Readership up 58 in 2004
• 27 of Internet users read blogs
• 12 of Internet users comment on blogsSource
  Pew Internet and American Life Project State of
  Blogging Report (http//www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/
  144/report_display.asp )

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Anatomy Of A Blog

• Common features
• Time/date stamp
• Comments
• Permalinks
• Archives
• Blogroll
• History 323 (hist323.blogspot.com)
• MariettaEcon (mariettaecon.blogspot.com)

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Types Of Weblogs

• Personal
• Topical/ Niche
• News
• Political
• Corporate
• Audio/ MP3/ Photo

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Blog Search Tools

• Search for weblogs or blog posts on specific
  topics
• Feedster www.feedster.com

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Blogging In Higher Education

• Front Line/ Commentary
• Professional
• Classroom

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Blogging In Higher Education

• Jerzs Literacy Weblog (jerz.setonhill.edu/weblog/
  index.jsp)
• Invisible Adjunct(www.invisibleadjunct.com)
• GPC Decatur Campus Library (gpcdecaturlrc.blogspot
  .com)

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Creating A Blog

• Free and pay online hosting sites
• Downloadable software (must have a web server!)
• Blogger www.blogger.com

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Questions/ Comments?

• jlink_at_gpc.edu
• dfree_at_gpc.edu