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How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?

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So, what is a blog?

Jill Walker’s official definition

“ A weblog, or blog, is a frequently updated website

consisting of dated entries arranged in reverse chronological order

so the most recent post appears first.”

What does blog mean?

web log

weblog

blog

How can it be used?

blog can be a noun

I have a blog.

I have a blog. My blog is cool.

I have a blog. My blog is cool. Have you read my blog?

or a verb

I blog.

I blog. You blog.

I blog. You blog. We all blog.

Or both

Bloggers

Bloggers blog.

How do people use blogs?

all kinds of ways

Journaling Model

LIVE JOURNALS

likes

dislikes

NEWS JOURNALS

“ Just the facts.”

“ Fair and balanced”

“ Embedded” journalists

EDITORIAL JOURNALS

How I got into blogging.

Everyone was doing it.

I heard about blogs.

I was curious.

I read some blogs.

I was not impressed.

I read a friend’s blog.

I was hooked.

discipline

research

teaching

comments

linking

blogroll

Community of bloggers

Social Network

I decided to blog.

I made my students blog.

Group blogs.

Individual blogs

What I like about blogs.

Blogs are versatile

Research notes

Analysis of Harold Bloom's “Dumbing Down American Readers” Main Idea : Bloom claims that reading Harry Potter stories only prepares children for reading Steven King stories Support : Bloom says, “Our society and our literature and our culture are being dumbed down. I’ve seen the study of literature debased. There’s very little authentic study of the humanities remaining.” Source : Harold Bloom, Dumbing down American readers, The Boston Globe, 9/27/2003

Reading Journal

Response to “Dumbing Down American Readers” I agree with a couple of points Harold Bloom made in his column. I agree that award for “distinguished contribution” shouldn’t be given to an author based on the popularity of his books, but the quality of his writing. But it seems that his criteria are just too strict. He sounds very snobbish when he is trying convince us that there is only a handful of authors that can belong to this very small circle and everybody else “just can’t write”.

Discussion forum

2 Comments » I totally agree with you on literature is any writing that you have learned from. Literature can be poetry, non-fiction or even an English book in school. Comment by lori stewart — October 8, 2006 @ 8:25 pm Agreed, no one should limit the definition to one type or term. If you enjoy writing then you should write it how you want to, just make sure the message is sent. Comment by josephandress — October 9, 2006 @ 8:29 pm