tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post116238896642305820..comments2023-11-16T18:28:45.786+08:00Comments on Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian: NLB (Staff) Learning Festival: Creating blogs with Blogger.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-1162484596802939492006-11-03T00:23:00.000+08:002006-11-03T00:23:00.000+08:00I don't run these classes regularly. It's on an ad...I don't run these classes regularly. It's on an adhoc basis right now. I guess blogs have become "legitimised" now, so people are more open to it :)<BR/><BR/>"How do I know what my child is blogging?" -- come to think of it, it wasn't quite phrased as that. The question was more of "how do I know if my child has a blog" or "how do I find out my child's blog". Some participants said "Search in Technorati". I said "Go ask your child" or something like that. We had a brief discussion about whether the parent should let the child know the parent reads the blog, or just read and pretend they don't know etc. Quite an interesting discussion, with different perspectives from the participants.Ivan Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727226573817276108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-1162481379351841532006-11-02T23:29:00.000+08:002006-11-02T23:29:00.000+08:00Now why weren't there courses on Blogger when Iwas...Now why weren't there courses on Blogger when <I>I</I>was with NLB? Heh. I think this rocks, and I hope more folks sign up for your class in future. <BR/><BR/>By the way, I'm curious about that question you mentioned - "How do I know what my child is blogging?" How did you answer that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-1162428712889893812006-11-02T08:51:00.000+08:002006-11-02T08:51:00.000+08:00Hi CW, so far no. All my sessions so far comprise ...Hi CW, so far no. All my sessions so far comprise of participants with diverse objectives, i.e. not all want to create a blog. At most, I ask them to come prepared with a photo (for uploading) and some text for posting. I've also found that it's better to create some demo accounts in advance, so that some participants can dive right in and start posting entries to get a feel of what it's like. If they get the hang of it, they can create the blogs with the desired name after the session. Besides, even if they come prepared with blog names, there's no guarantee the names are available. So far this seems to work for me. It's not perfect though, and other ideas would be appreciated!Ivan Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727226573817276108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-1162419169962254462006-11-02T06:12:00.000+08:002006-11-02T06:12:00.000+08:00Nice, Ivan! When you show people blogging, do you ...Nice, Ivan! When you show people blogging, do you actually suggest they come to the session with a few ideas for blog names? I've been in a couple of sessions where people got a bit flustered when the names they wanted were unavailable. Mind you I'm not sure if this would help, 1) if attendees weren't convinced they wanted to blog before the session, and 2) if they don't understand what you mean prior to the session.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com