An interesting article on “Educational Blogging” from the EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004) by Stephen Downes is worth a read.

Read The Article 

James has helpfully responded to my original request. This link is a great place to start:

Edublogs Are Go

This blog on Slashdot referes to a Marquette University Dental School student blogger who made some nasty comments about an unnamed professor and classmate on his personal blog and the consequences of this. It raises a lot of interesting concerns…..

Slashdot Article

To start with I’m delving into the origins of edublogging  – for the purposes of our research project – and so far my searches give lots of useful information but don’t seem to be able to nail relevant dates or persons (for example the wikipedia entry on this is brief!).

So to start with I’ve emailed James Farmer today and asked for his take. Please feel free to add your comments/thoughts/links and Season’s Greetings to all edubloggers!

From media guardian looking at the battles between the US news media and bloggers…..

Monday November 28, 2005 – The Guardian

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This month’s .net magazine (issue 144 christmas 2005) has a really useful overview of Web 2.0 which is a good starting point for further links and research.

After the Edublogs workshop, I’ve set up four different blogs using different products for comparison.

(blogger) – a track of music and a brief commentary on it

(bloglines) – details on the blogging @ bu project

(html) – personal blog

(elgg) – blogging overview

(edublog) – this one to be used regarding any blogging relating to IHCS E-learning units,use of podcasting in education, use of wikis in education etc

Today I am attending the ALT-C Edublogs workshop (the educational use of weblogs, weblogging tools and really simple syndication) at King’s College London.

Running from 10 – 4 this workshop is providing me with a wealth of interesting content and links concerning blogs, Wikis and RSS.