This week's top 5

Beany - created blog, posted comments & pictures, started following 1 blog
Michelle - established blog, regular postings
Sarah B - updated blog pic, replied to comment
Lee - created blog, made first posting
Matt - created blog, made first posting

Getting ready for next class

Going to use video cameras this week - looking to add different types of media to blog updates, not just text. Doesn't look like anyone's posted to their blog since last class... and only 5/15 responses to my quiz in class last week. Will give some thought to what motivates! Still time left to get into this week's top 5... maybe a choc bar for top blogger would do it (or is that corruption & bribery?!)

16Feb09 class

Class was much more settled this week - most got quite a lot of work done (designed/created/updated blog, reviewed 1 of 5 types of blog).
Link from AOL homepage today might be of interest for 1 of the 5 blogs to be reviewed: http://uk.autoblog.com/

This week's top 5

Not been much activity in blogs as yet - most still have to create or make their first posting! Top 5:
Graeme - created blog, made a good first post
Joe - created blog, made a basic first post
Sarah B - created blog, made a basic first post
Vicky - created blog but yet to post
Michelle - good design, interesting topic

Passing this unit

What you need to pass the Weblogs unit:
5 x Evaluation forms - you'll need to review 5 different types of blog
1 x Blog design form - showing what's going to be in it/who it's for
URL of your Blog - which must be updated regularly (every week to end of course) and include different types of media
List of Newfeeds - created an aggregated feed and track 5 different types of blog to end of course
20 question multiple-choice test
That's it! Really not much to fit into the 15 weeks that are left in the course so we'll make it more of a competition in tracking progress. Think I'll go for a 'top 5' list of your blogs each week; maybe even a voting system like the charts to make it your top 5!

Bebo interface is quite different (apart from background/skin!). There the Blog is apart from the various widgets whereas in Blogger you can have a poll, quiz etc within the blog.

The social updates, text speak, notice of groups joined, etc found in Bebo really don't count as part of the blog. Figure I'll get class to create a separate blog in class next week.

New Blog!

I've taken over this class in wk3. Opened a new account in Bebo and starting using the blog in there. Thinking that gets lost in the social networking part of the site, I'm now trying out Blogger. First impression: the text editor in here is much more user friendly/more features - no surprise really since this is a dedicated blog site rather than the whole social interaction deal.