#4 Register your blog

If you’ve made it this far, you already have three items or “things” completed of the ’23 Things.’ We hope you are enjoying the adventure so far and having fun. Remember to share with colleagues knowledge or experience that may help them out if they get stuck or vice versa! But how do you qualify for the special recognition? Good question! You need to do two things. You register your blog with the CSM 2.0 Team, plus you record your progress on each of the ‘23 things’ on your blog.

Reminder: Clearly identify exercise (THING) in your entries. The CSM 2.0 Team will track and verify your progress in a log that they will maintain. So, here’s Thing #4 -- Register your blog by e-mailing the CSM Learning 2.0 Team. Remember … your blog address is in the format http://insertname.blogspot.com/ It’s really that easy and just think, now there’s only 19 more things to go. :)

Examples of educational blogs:

• Idea #1: A device for faculty-student communications. Assignments/homework/special campus or course announcements can be posted on your blog and then your students can “subscribe” to your blog.
• Idea #2: A forum for discussion of issues. Create one for the election and discuss the issues of the day.
• Idea #3: A book discussion. Start one today and then branch out into other topics such as pro/con topics of interest, student opinion surveys, or campus activity discussions.
  
  Take a look at some of these librarian/faculty/administrator blogs:
  Arranged Delirium - http://www.thefee.net/delirium/
  California State Library Blog - http://blog.library.ca.gov/
  The Cranky Professor - http://crankyprofessor.com/
  Evolution of Security (even the TSA admin has a blog) - http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/blog
  Librarian in Black - http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/
  Resource Shelf - http://www.resourceshelf.com/
  
  Blog used for class discussions:
  LIBR105 Blog - http://libr105.wordpress.com/
  
  Blog used for a chemistry class:
  CEM 141 Blog - http://docott.com/141/
  
  Take a look at a few college student blogs:
  The Olinsider: http://studentblog.olin.edu/
  Kelly's Blog (Santa Clara University) - http://www.scu.edu/blogSCU/KellyHee.cfm
  
  

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