How about that folks. The most prolific and bang on author in the business world endorses blogging as a life changing experience. “It’s all about joining the conversation” so marketers, social benefit organizations, businesses and other sectors need to look for ways to participate in this global conversation that has transformed how we do business and relate to each other.

Brent Uncategorized blogging, Business

Thank you Michele Martin for sharing a not too severe rant about blogging. I believe your comments got at that grey area space between reading (lurking) blogs and creating content. The majority of people who read blogs, myself included are primarily lurking but many of these people will take that leap and eventually start producing their own content.

Your blog and the course work you have created at Work Literacy, along with the Connectivism Course offered by Stephen Downes and George Siemens at the University of Manitoba encourage people like me to take more command of their learning by sharing more of themselves on line and contributing to conversations that result in ongoing learning.

The Bamboo Project Blog: The Power of Blogging ISN’T Just in Reading Them

(RANT ALERT!) In a few weeks we’re going to be looking at blogs in the Work Literacy course. As we think about that module and the fact that for most people, their primary interaction with blogs is to read them, I’m growing impatient with this idea from a learning perspective. In fact, I have to go on record right now as saying that reading blogs is only a small part of what makes blogs powerful for learning. Yes, there’s a lot of great stuff available out there, but honestly, if you think that reading blog posts is the key to learning with blogs, then I think you’re missing the boat. Read the full post here…

Brent Uncategorized blogging, blogs