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Weblogg-Ed

Will Richardson, Jun 06, 2002
Commentary by Stephen Downes

Ever since I launched the MuniMall Newsletter I have been interested in what are now called blogs in education. For the record, the MuniMall Newsletter was launched in 1999 and I am laying claim to having created the first weblog used in education (unless someone can show me a prior one).CRLF

CRLFAnyhow, today we look at the use of blogs in education in some detail. This follows from a Wired News article published today about some journalists using blogs to teach jorunalism (see below). Tracing back from that site led me, through the links that comprise this issue of OLDaily, to this site (it pleases me to see that this site links even further back - to NewsTrolls, the blog I and some friends started in 1998).

CRLFAnyhow to get the most out of this site follow the links in the right hand column, including the 'History of Weblogs' site (a skewed version of the story by Dave Winer) and the 'Complete Guide to Weblogs' article, a glossary of major weblog terms and concepts.CRLF

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