Learning Spaces: Blogging, Podcasting, and Vlogging
Over the past several year, personal and collaborative broadcasting has exploded in popularity.
Many public and school libraries are now blogging. Explore Shelftalk from the Seattle Public Library and a specific entry such as fictional librarians.
Watch Blogs in Plain English from CommonCraft
Just a few years ago, blogs were predominately a text-based media. Today, blogging has expanding to include audio and video content.
Many phrases have been created based on the word blog. For example, a mobile blog is called a moblog and involves using your smart cell phone for taking photos, recording text entries, and uploading to web space. A blog highlighting photographs is called photoblog.
Recently, microblogging has become a popular of blogging. Twitter is an example of a microblog. For instance, you can follow the activities of the Mars Phoenix project on Twitter.
Read All a Twitter: Want to Try Microblogging? by Ellyssa Kroski from School Library Journal (7/1/08) to learn more about this type of blogging and find lots of library examples. Also, read Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely by Margaret Mason. Watch Twitter in Plain English from CommonCraft.
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