This look at the use of weblogs in learning takes a close, critical look and the results aren't all peaches and cream. The most telling link is to the list of updated schoolblogs, showing (as of my reading) that out of the 2,400 or so listed, the most recent update was back in July. Farmer writes, "most of the people in my blogosphere are pretty committed individuals, understanding the medium, exploring what they can do and doing so after consideration. Most people aren’t going to personal publish like this." Quite right, and we need to understand this. Weblogging is not something we should make everybody do. And the impact of weblogs on education will not be that everybody has a personal weblog. So what will it be? I continue to view weblogs as a filtering system, a means by which individuals gather, assess, comment upon, and pass on items of value to a reader. The best weblogs are niche-oriented, and these weblogs benefit specific communities.
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