Uses

Education

• Organize discussions
• Summarize readings
• To replace the class webpage
• For credit

Personal

• Microblogging
  • fast and easy to update
  • "capture a moment" style
    • twitter
• Diary
  • ongoing
  • reflect on life and times

Corporate

• advertising
• Public Relations
• Internal communication

Question blogging

• comments are answers to a posted question

Different Media Types

• photoblog-compilation of photos
• Vlog-video blogging
• Sketchblog-blogging via drawings

Weblogs

What is a blog?

• “Blog” comes from “weblog” noun: a website that receives regular entries from one or more authors; verb: to add to or maintain a blog
• Shows authors commentary on a subject