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October 13, 2004 -- Blogs, Bloggers, and Blogging

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So what IS a blog? You might have heard this term recently in connection with the Dan Rather-60 Minutes II/George W. Bush Air Guard documents story, in which independent bloggers were first to raise questions about the authenticity of the documents in question. Basically, blog is a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in chronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.

For more on how blogs are being used in higher education, please see the following article from the October, 2004 Educause Review:
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0450.asp

More information.... (from Hugh Blackmer)

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