What they’re saying about blogs
Two months ago I didn’t know what a bog was. Now here I am in the middle of one. It began simply as a bit of research for an online course I was teaching. Statements like the following captured my attention and led to our current Weblog:
"I think this blog phenomenon is one of those things that comes along every decade or so and gets completely underestimated by just about everybody.There is no question in my mind that blogging is already beginning to reshape how information is created, published and shared. Blogs have the power to introduce new voices into the mix, which will enrich the quality of information available."
-John Patrick
Two colleges that are experimenting with using blogs across their campuses are
Harvard and
Stanford.
"A weblog, or blog, is a website updated frequently with links, commentary and anything else you like. New items go on top and older items flow down the page. Blogs can be political journals, news digests, and/or personal diaries; they can focus on one narrow subject or range across a universe of topics. The weblog form is unique to the Web, highly addictive, and may be changing how we communicate with one another."
-Donna Wentworth, Harvard