Comments on: Summer reflections – transparency, blogging and life http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kern Kelley http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3231 Kern Kelley Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:11:51 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/#comment-3231 Plus Sylvia there is something to the fact that Google 'isn't going anywhere.' I mean, I worry about recommending services to people only later to find out it's joined TechCrunch's deadpool. It's the only reason I hesitate to recommend something like PBWiki to my staff. They have a terrific service, but they only have three guys working on it and if for some reason the company went under, many in my staff wouldn't understand why one day all their stuff just disappeared. Good luck! Plus Sylvia there is something to the fact that Google ‘isn’t going anywhere.’ I mean, I worry about recommending services to people only later to find out it’s joined TechCrunch’s deadpool. It’s the only reason I hesitate to recommend something like PBWiki to my staff. They have a terrific service, but they only have three guys working on it and if for some reason the company went under, many in my staff wouldn’t understand why one day all their stuff just disappeared. Good luck!

]]> By: Sylvia Martinez http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 Sylvia Martinez Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:57:54 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/#comment-3109 Hi Cathy, Rants are good! Really, I think that this medium allows people to rant, and then what happens next happens in public. If you had that thought, so did others, and by making your thoughts public, the answers got posted in public. Seems to me like a win-win for everyone. Kern, Google groups does seem like the way to go, and like all Web 2.0 stuff, it's easy enough to get started, and easy enough switch if something better comes along. Hi Cathy,
Rants are good! Really, I think that this medium allows people to rant, and then what happens next happens in public. If you had that thought, so did others, and by making your thoughts public, the answers got posted in public. Seems to me like a win-win for everyone.

Kern,
Google groups does seem like the way to go, and like all Web 2.0 stuff, it’s easy enough to get started, and easy enough switch if something better comes along.

]]> By: Kern Kelley http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 Kern Kelley Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:45:16 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/#comment-3101 We're using Google groups in a 9-12 setting and have been very happy with it. (Though it may be an issue if sites are blocked.) We also use Blogger which dovetails pretty nicely with the Groups and allows multiple authors if you need. We’re using Google groups in a 9-12 setting and have been very happy with it. (Though it may be an issue if sites are blocked.) We also use Blogger which dovetails pretty nicely with the Groups and allows multiple authors if you need.

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3095 Cathy Nelson Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:15:56 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/07/31/summer-reflections-transparency-blogging-and-life/#comment-3095 Hey I read your blog, and I even link out to it from Twitter. I do that for anyone I follow in Twitter out of respect. I figure if I follow them I'm getting the nod about a post before it hits my reader, so thanks. I have my own blog, but I am also a member of a group blog at http://scasl.wordpress.com That one began as a groups blog with supposedly four authors. We have added one additional author too. But I am primarily the caretaker and the person posting the most content. it wasn't supposed to be that way. I think its because I have a more vested interest in it. I "make" time for it. Oh well. Thanks for your twitter comment today about my rant. I now feel like it was an over-reaction. I thought 24 hours was enough time to wait, but apparently I should have given it 48 hours. Anyway, your supportive tweet, along with others makes me feel a little better. Hey I read your blog, and I even link out to it from Twitter. I do that for anyone I follow in Twitter out of respect. I figure if I follow them I’m getting the nod about a post before it hits my reader, so thanks. I have my own blog, but I am also a member of a group blog at http://scasl.wordpress.com
That one began as a groups blog with supposedly four authors. We have added one additional author too. But I am primarily the caretaker and the person posting the most content. it wasn’t supposed to be that way. I think its because I have a more vested interest in it. I “make” time for it. Oh well. Thanks for your twitter comment today about my rant. I now feel like it was an over-reaction. I thought 24 hours was enough time to wait, but apparently I should have given it 48 hours. Anyway, your supportive tweet, along with others makes me feel a little better.

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