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Okay, I'm sorry if this is the second time this message is posted. (For some reason, I can't view the Daybook right now, so I don't know if something I wrote earlier today ever got posted.)

I just wanted to let Dr. Morgan know that I was out of town all weekend and away from a computer and didn't have the opportunity to start on the SeedtheThird assignment 'til today. That's all! Thanks.
posted by Loni at 7:05 PM

 
Action on Writing the Wiki
More and more of you are adding to WritingTheWiki/SeedTheThird and the threads are starting to develop on both main pages.  The exercise runs  through midnight, Fri, 3 Mar, and timeliness counts.
posted by morgan at 7:48 AM

 
Another warning about weblogs, etc.
posted by Sharon at 7:00 AM

 
over-achiever points = nerd points.
posted by Froyd at 10:35 AM

 
Woo hoo!
posted by Tiffany at 8:09 PM

 
Gee, you shouldn't have...
posted by Morgaine Le Fae at 5:02 PM

 
first to post
to the WritingTheWikiAssignment/SeedTheThird was Tiffany. Over-Achiever Points noted.
posted by morgan at 4:30 PM

 
Writing the Wiki Exercise for the Week
As promised, there's a WritingTheWiki exercise for this week, starting today, Fri 23 Feb, and running through midnight, Fri, 3 Mar. WritingTheWiki/SeedTheThird. 200 points involved. Timeliness counts, so better check it out right away.

Keep up on your projects over the week, as well.

Next Friday: Watch for the first studio tour.

Questions? Post them here or email me.
posted by morgan at 10:12 AM

 
lemon
Email me right away with more details about what's up.

all
Please use identifiable names when you post to the Daybook.
posted by morgan at 9:48 AM

 
My blog has been blocked because blogger thinks it is a spam blog. So, I can't make any posts until I can get this figured out.
posted by Lemon at 10:03 PM

 
Dr. Morgan, I have begun interviewing students for my project. Notes regarding my progress will be kept on my class wiki under ProjectNotes.
posted by Sharon at 11:18 AM

 
Today in blogs and wikis

I've been looking over the project list to see how things are progressing.  What's interesting is how you're all pushing the blog and wiki media into new subject areas and approaches.  A sample:

Anarchist Tea Party. Eric Kuha. The table is set - and the wiki well-designed for growth.  Eric has the field of discussion roughed out with lots of places to enter and topics to develop.  It's an open wiki: Just click Edit and go.

Senioritis.  Live the ups and downs of Muriel's last semester at BSU: the joys, the disappointments, the delays, the grad plans, the naps...  She's posting frequently so the story keeps moving forward.

Around the World in 60 Days. Sandi Pemberton.  Morgan and Newt are in York, Maine, making the familiar look strange: "A few homes are tall with many windows, like a faerie hotel, but there is a walkway in front of some of the windows closest to the roof. How strange! I will have to make inquiries about these homes tomorrow."

Absolute Tea.  Mike Heilman.  Recall what Blood said about blogging for notoriety? Absolute Tea is sort of blogging as a freelancer.  It's a  niche blog that will develop a regular group of readers as it progresses. The layout - sidebar, design, links, rss feed (especially the rss feed) - are set up for return visits.

By the way, the more links to a blog, the more it gets found and read. Share the links. Visit your colleagues.  Comment.

Listening to Geoffrey Chaucer podcast of "In Our Time" by BBC Radio 4
posted by morgan at 4:22 PM

 
Here is the url for my project blog. Ultimate Coach Kavanaugh
posted by Coach Kavanaugh at 11:53 PM

 
This past week has been a horror. 'nough said. Here, finally, is the link to my project blog, Mental Disorderd.
posted by ~B at 5:06 PM

 
Ran into this article about the legal aspects of blogging. The sections on Student Blogging is particularly interesting...quoting court decisions, etc.
posted by Sharon at 12:59 PM

 
Dr. Morgan, I have put up a first 'post' on my Third Grade Blog Project... It is a test to see how the format worked. I will begin interviewing the students on Wednesday of this week.
posted by Sharon at 10:21 PM

 
Do you use a router as a firewall? Our home network is firewalled through our router, and it appears in networked places as a gateway. If you do, I would suggest using an alternate method ex: Norton Internet Security, or enabling Windows XP firewall in tandem. It may be nothing more than an unchecked box in the router settings, but better safe than sorry.
posted by Morgaine Le Fae at 8:31 PM

 
Does anyone know what it means if my "gateway [is] offline"?
posted by Jess at 8:24 PM

 
This news story from WCCO makes me wonder about my blogging project with third graders. Any suggestions?
posted by Sharon at 10:33 AM

 
I am guessing my revised project proposal didn't go through??
dan
posted by Dan at 12:47 AM

 
updates

1. Projects have started and most are off and running!  I've been adding them to the blogroll as they start up, for your reading pleasure - and they are worth a visit.  A number of bloggers are requesting feedback and participation: Help them out when you get a chance.

2. There are still a couple of last-minute revisions due Friday, but everyone should be working by Saturday.

3. Sandi, Molly, and Mike K: Please post urls to your new project blogs to the Daybook so can add them to the blogroll.

4. I'm well under the weather so I will not be in for office hours Friday, 17 Feb.  Questions: Email me.

5. Vloggers in the News: The Chronicle of Higher Education has a story on Drew Zandonella-Stannard, a blogger (English major) at Smith College, who also posts videos: vlogging.

Some of Ms. Zandonella-Stannard's videos are also available on her personal blog, which she started in 2002. The blog chronicles her musings, tribulations, and jovial moments through words, pictures, and videos (http://drewdrawn.blogspot.com). The blog gets about 50 hits a day, she says.

In one recent video posted there, she shows a photographer for The Chronicle snapping pictures of her for this article.

Worth a look.

Listening to Immigrant Punk from "Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike" by Gogol Bordello
posted by morgan at 4:02 PM

 
Echoed Images
posted by JJ at 3:24 PM

 
This is mostly for Sharon, but others might be interested.

I was sent this link: Headline:Goochland teachers show off studentsURL: http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?c=MGArticle&cid=1137834022390&pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&path=!news&s=1045855934842

It tells of blogs required by the Richmond, VA school district for all teachers.!!

Sue Cutler
posted by Sue at 1:32 PM

 
Round 2 Project Proposal
posted by Ginger at 10:35 AM

 
I've started my new blog for my project and the color is vomit inducing. That will have to be fixed, but here it is. Major Daze
posted by Jess at 10:27 PM

 
Here is my project propsoal. Please let me know if it is sufficient.
Over and Out-
JJ
posted by JJ at 8:40 PM

 
A revision to my proposal is now available on my wiki.
posted by Morgaine Le Fae at 10:34 AM

 
here is my new blog...(I think I may be addicted to this, has anyone else wondered if there's a way to chop this page up and snort it?)
posted by witchfairie at 3:05 PM

 
As I have a habit of finding strange things...check this out. (~B and me ran into it)
posted by witchfairie at 3:00 PM

 
I just enabled comment moderation on jones poems and I'm wondering if it's ethical to not post certain comments if they don't really relate to my topic. Sometime people post weird or random things (often my grandmother does), and I'd really like to avoid having non-poetry discussions on my page. At the very least, I'd like to have only non-poetry discussion on my blog that stem from the subject matter in a poem. What do you guys think about comment moderation?
posted by Tiffany at 12:15 PM

 
Minor proposal tweak/revamp here.

Grapevine
posted by ~B at 9:46 AM

 
Here's my revised project proposal. Please let me know if there is more that needs to be changed. Thanks, Gin.
posted by Ginger at 1:02 AM

 
I sit praying that there is water in the bottom of the pool...It's a big pool. Anyways here's the link to Addiction: It's Many Faces and Facts my revised project proposal.
posted by witchfairie at 8:23 PM

 
This is my revised project proposal
posted by Jess at 2:16 PM

 
more bad press for wikis
Penn State decides against supporting wiki project. Wikis are having a hard time finding a place in the public forum.
posted by morgan at 2:50 AM

 
i got it started, but just barely. here's the link.
posted by mur at 9:04 PM

 
Okay, I've reworked my proposal. It's much more detailed, tons more systematic, a little more boring (in a way), and oodles more informational.

And this is it.

And in case you forgot:

The After Anarchy Tea Party Wiki
posted by Dr Kuha at 6:21 PM

 
Here is a link to my project blog.

Absolute Tea

Michael Heilman
posted by Michael at 2:30 PM

 
Nearly forgot to post my project proposal here.

Here it be.

Grapevine
posted by ~B at 2:18 AM

 
Alright, I changed my mind from my initial idea, but I think this will be better as I designed to to revolve around me (because the world doesn't.) Here you go. Senioritis...with six hours to spare.
posted by mur at 1:33 AM

 
Michael Heilman Project Proposal.

It's done.

Go here.

Do we get a break or do we still have to blog over spring break?

I didn't know how to calculate this aspect so I assumed we will be worked to nausea and my numbers reflect that.

Good Night.
posted by Michael at 1:16 AM

 
My proposal for my project blog entitled I Married You at Twenty-Two is ready and waiting for an overview and look-see. ;)
posted by Loni at 11:22 PM

 
My project proposal titled, "Around the World in 60 Days," is available on my wiki.
posted by Morgaine Le Fae at 10:12 PM

 
My Scrapbook Wiki Project Proposal is up...

(Though Sue has put me to shame!)
posted by Aspen at 9:15 PM

 
For what it's worth--here is the proposal. I got a bit longwinded sorry.
posted by Sue at 7:34 PM

 
Here is my project proposal.
posted by Sharon at 10:54 AM

 
Project Proposal Reminder: Post a link to the Daybook

When your proposal is complete, post a link to it on the Daybook: That's the only way I'll know you're ready.  I'll review them over the weekend and on Monday will either approve or ask for revisions.

I like the look of the drafts I peeked at.  Interesting projects.  Lots of work.
Sunrise Saturday in Bemidji is about 7:30 am.

February 10, 2006
Actual Time 7:33 AM CST 5:35 PM CST
Civil Twilight 7:00 AM CST 6:07 PM CST
Nautical Twilight 6:24 AM CST 6:43 PM CST
Astronomical Twilight 5:49 AM CST 7:19 PM CST
Moon 2:49 PM CST 6:49 AM CST
Length Of Visible Light: 11h 06m
Length of Day 10h 02m
Tomorrow will be 3m 8s longer.  Weather Underground

Listening to Pass This On from "Deep Cuts" by The Knife
posted by morgan at 10:33 AM

 
I checked out the Blurbsite. It really seems like a good idea, not to mention a lot of fun. It seems to be a better deal than most of the self-publishing houses offer. I can't wait to give it a try!
posted by Morgaine Le Fae at 9:55 PM

 
make that magic move to print!

A colleague on a mail list mentioned an online printing service that is handling weblogs: Blurb Home. If you want to move your blog to paper, this is one way of going.
posted by morgan at 5:35 PM

 
I followed the link to the westwood site, looked around and was amazed! Also checked out several of the links on the page including this Cool Cat Teacher Blog.
This teacher is so absolutely amazed by:

• How fast the students learned the technology
• How excited they were to share information, thereby learning more themselves.
• Other students found out about it and wanted to be part of it
• Other teachers wanted to know what was going on and how THEY could be involved!
• All this happened within the very first week of the project with the wiki!

She now is happily planning an inservice for the rest of the staff!
posted by Sharon at 10:32 PM

 
what i learned in school today was web 2.0

(for for sharon, tiffany, sue, mainly) Westwood HS is using a wiki pretty extensively for computer science and writing. There's an entry point at westwood ? Web 2.0 but you might want to look around the space. They're not just looking a wikis but the broader range of web 2.0 media that are defining a new literacy.

Fun terms to know and tell from Westwood's Intro Computer Science, grade 10 and 11

* blogosphere (you know this one)
* wiki pages (you know this one, too)
* social bookmarking (see del.icio.us)
* RSS Feed (covered in Castro book)
* Podcasting
* folksonomy (see del.icio.us again)

All of these - and more - will be covered in ENGL 3930/5930: Elements of E-Rhetoric, fall, 2006.

/blurb
posted by morgan at 8:11 PM

 
Hey, kid. Wanna buy a watch? Wanna join a focus group?

Businesses are tracking blog posting to gauge markets - and they seem to value the apparent immediacy in a blog as a mark of authenticity. Weblog Tracking And Promotion | Catch The Blog Buzz
posted by morgan at 2:51 PM

 
wiki back
Fixed in an instant. That's why it's a wiki.
posted by morgan at 9:16 AM

 
wiki down Tues am
It looks like the Blogs and WIkis wiki is down for a while this morning. I'll try to have it up again by noon.
posted by morgan at 9:11 AM

 
When you go to post something on Blogger, there is a little notice at the top about a 'scheduled' outage tonight. If you go to the 'learn more', there is quite a bit of information about all the trouble they have been having the past few days.
posted by Sharon at 8:55 AM

 
I followed your directions, Froyd, and now have a pristine copy of my previous 'blogroll' saved!!! Thanks again!
posted by Sharon at 12:02 PM

 
a handy bit of advice that I got to Sharon too late, but may help in the future for all you blogger users in the event of your template losing all of your sidebar info...

the next time this happens(if there is one) rather than having to put in your links one by one....go to google and search for the title of your blog.

when your result comes up, there should be a link that says "cached" that you can click next to green text that shows the exact link to the page. that's a older version of your page that google has stored. You can click that and then for IE go to the "view" menu, and then click source, to look at the HTML, and from there cut and paste the code for your links that are located in there.

for firefox, it's the "View" menu and then "page source". and cut 'n paste.
posted by Froyd at 9:05 AM

 
Thanks, Aspen. My template has returned minus all my links...stupid blogger!
posted by Sharon at 4:02 AM

 
/comfort Sharon

It'll be ok...

Blogger has it's ups and downs, like any other hosting site. I have faith it shall return to full strength very soon!
posted by Aspen at 1:16 AM

 
Blogger is working, sort of. My template is all screwed up...lost all my links, too. Is this what we can expect from now on?
posted by Sharon at 12:44 AM

 
Blogger seems to be working again....for how long?
posted by Sharon at 11:20 PM

 
Hey, sorry to ask this, but I had a little trouble getting back up to Bemidji on Friday due to road conditions(which I know is my fault) Still, I am struggling to catch up on the Wiki assignments and would appreciate if someone can explain what was asked of our class for Wednesday and Friday in simple, idiot proof term; because I don't understand the directions point blank.

Please help me out if you could by giving me your understanding of it. Thank you! Much Appreciation!
posted by Ginger at 9:55 PM

 
I sure am. I can't upload a picture--and now can't find the posting to edit.
posted by Sue at 8:11 PM

 
Is anyone else having trouble with their blog this weekend?
posted by Sharon at 4:28 PM

 
Interested in Campus Technology?

Since you all are in a class heavily involving computers and such, I thought you might like to know that your Student Senate has established a subcommittee for academic technology issues. It's open to all students.

If you are a geek like me and interested in giving your input as to what happens aroud here technologically, this group might be for you.

Contact me via email bernechristiansen@gmail.com, and I can get you more info and put you in touch with the Senator heading the committee.

/end shameless plug

posted by Berne at 8:42 PM

 
Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams

BAD NEWS FOR WU STOP GOOD NEWS FOR SPRINT STOP TXTNG STOP IM STOP EMAIL STOP MAYBE COPULA BACK IN FASHION SOON STOP GOTTA RUN MUST STOP
posted by morgan at 9:25 AM