Blogging Books
With this fifth post, I am completing all the technical blog tasks of my UFL online course. I'd like to recommend some books that teach basics about blogging and how to use a blog in an educationional setting (we used the first book in the list below for our UFL online course):
- Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson (Corwin Press, 2006)
- Classroom Blogging: A Teacher's Guide to the Blogosphere by David Warlick (Lulu.com, 2005)
- Blogging For Dummies by Brad Hill (For Dummies, 2006)
- No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog by Margaret Mason (Peachpit Press; 1st edition, 2006)
Thanks to the visitor who provided a link to an article about adding bullets to my book list (see comments to this post).
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3 comments:
Great to see you blogging! (Are you anonymous?)
The very best book about blogging, covering matters of style, ethics, and audience, is Rebecca Blood's The Weblog Handbook. Her book stands more than head and shoulders above the rest.
As for bullets, the best thing to do is to learn a bit of HTML. Here's a good introduction to HTML, including how to mark up unordered and ordered lists.
Thank you, Adam, for the great suggestions. How in the world did you find my blog? I'm not trying hide my identity. I just thought that since this is a student assignment, the blog should focus on content rather than on me.
This is a very user friendly blog, simple and equipped with a unique graphic. The cutting edge design and stylish color combination of this website are the key features which make the viewer curious and interested. Another professional feature that I have noticed is the use of words as hyperlinks instead of leaving the description and the whole URL visible, which takes lots of space and sometimes leads to confusion for the visitor. The only suggestion that I would make is having “back to top” buttons in the end of each chapter, allowing the reader to easily get back to the starting point. Many users lose interest in visiting a web site where lots of scrolling through long pages is required; also bad navigation could make it hard to find the right information. However, it is a fantastic start, creating a blog which can one day reach a professional level. Good job.
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