still haven't finished my Not-so-weekly Blog Riff -- will have to finish later. i'm in my office, office hours. Jeanetta just came by and she posted to her blog ... she knew how to access her blog (go to www.blogger.com, sign in username and password, click on name of blog), how to post (type a post into the text box), get her post onto her blog (click on "post & publish"). I showed her how to click on "view blog" to see what her blog looked like [time lapse...it's after 1pm now. Tiffanny & JT & Courtney came in...I showed Tiffany and Courtney how to add team members to their blogs, and Courtney added a link to blackplanet.com to his sidebar Links...very cool] and Jeanetta wrote down her blog's address. I don't know if she'd actually seen it published on the web, which to me is the most exciting part! I also showed Tiffany how to change the name and description of her blog (click on "Settings"), since her blog title is currently "Setting Up My Blog" and her description is really what her first posting should be, the one that asks students to describe their experiences setting up their blogs.

This sounds boring, eh? Well, I've got a reason, which is to document this process of using blogs in the classroom. What works? What doesn't? What are the challenges? What tips can I use to make the process run more smoothly if I use blogs again.

I'm also trying something new this time: talking through a first draft rather than writing all over it. I like how this works. I want to think more about this.