On the afternoon of Friday, September 12, a group of 15 staff, faculty, and students joined the TLC for its weekly Sandboxing session. During these informal ‘play and learn’ dates, we talk, question, tinker, and snack.
In the sandbox that week was the timely topic of campus communications and the developing role of the web-blog, or ‘blog.’
You’ve heard of blogs, maybe you read one or two, and just maybe you have your own. During this session, we heard from Ann Flower, renegade reference librarian and blogger at MIIS, Amy McGill, Associate Vice President for Planning and Special Projects who is coordinating the MIIS@Work blog and others on campus who have begun to explore blogging as a platform for communication, collaboration, archiving and expression at work.
Our discussion was streamed live using Ustream.tv. Click: Ustream Archive of our Blogging Discussion
Helpful Materials We Looked At
Common Craft YouTube Video: Blogging in Plain English
Common Craft YouTube Video: RSS in Plain English
Establishing a Middlebury WordPress Blog
1. Activate your faculty or staff Exchange account at http://go.middlebury.edu/activate If you have an activated e-mail exchange account you should okay here.
2. Login with your Exchange username and password to activate your WordPress account.
3. E-mail [dmc at miis dot edu] to come and talk to us about customizing your blog.