Blog Reflection

The link to our group blog is:

http://teachotherstech.blogspot.com/

At the beginning of the LT130 class, I chose to join the “teaching others technology” blog.

I was impressed with how easy it was to post messages, modify the appearance of pages and add gadgets. We used blogger.com. It’s hard to imagine a more user-friendly way to get started.

At this point, I’m not a big fan of blogging. I can see the attraction for hobbyists and students, but it seems that there are other, better ways of getting information.

I’ll keep an open mind on the subject and look for some blogs that cover topics of interest. One of my hesitations is the amount of vulgarity and vitriol I’ve seen in some political posts. Being anonymous gives some people permission to be offensive.

Subscription Gadget

I added a subscription gadget to the footer to allow our readers to easily subscribe to our blog. Subscribers will never miss any updates, and having subscribers will give our blog a touch of legitimacy.

Archive Gadget

I added a Blog Archive gadget.  Seeing that we have over 50 posts already creating a gadget to archive our posts monthly should help keep the posts organized and prevent the blog from becoming too cluttered.