Chapter 2

Chapter 2

The author writes that he thinks two concepts are at the core of why he thinks weblogs have great potential in an educational setting: (i) writing to the web is easy and (ii) there is an audience. [p.17] I would suggest the primary concept underpinning blogs’ potentials is: other than for the cost of a computer, electricity, and a connection, blogs themselves are priced to be accessible, i.e., they are FREE! Imagine if web 2.0 cost money for the user to post?

I regret not having used a tool -- a blog or otherwise -- for an archive. The author indicates that weblogs are “searchable.” [p22.]

The emphasis on ‘collaboration’ [pp 22, 30, 31] seems overblown to me.

I chuckled when I read “ … [y]ou’ll need to have these discussions with your students, many of whom will tend to use the first source they find that supports their thesis.” [p. 33]


Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire