I had a lot of fun with this class, and really enjoyed reading everyone else's blogs, even when they didn't enjoy writing them. I liked the conversations that continued here on the blogs, though maybe a more centralized conversation (like a forum) would have been more comfortable for people than individual blogs. I don't always feel like I have anything interesting to say here until I read some of my classmates' postings and then I find I have a lot to say in response.
I haven't loved the commentpress layout, though. I think it's better for annotating a text, or maybe it would have been more exciting if I'd had more exciting things to say, to inspire more comments. The edublogs service is not my favorite either, though I think they might be good for a classroom setting. I find that the basic/free service is limited, and to do many things I'd have liked to do would have required becoming a "supporter" and paying to use the site. I'm not going to continue blogging here, but I think I will continue blogging elsewhere. I still have my 600 blogs, and updating the SILSSA blog has been taking up a fair amount of my time. I'd like to keep an old-fashioned blog, with reflections on some of the LIS-related stories and sites I come across online.
I've definitely gained some new areas of interest in this class, and learned a lot about how to use technology and teach with it, as well as teaching people how to use it. My favorite was learning how to podcast, and that's definitely something I'll carry forward. I even made a "podcast" for my Information Policy class presentation, so I'm off to a good start.
Thanks, everyone, for some good conversations and for sharing your loves/hates where new media are concerned. Good luck!
Posted by jspeer on May 9, 2009
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