Important that you find the way to what works for you, what connects you with the audience YOU want. Present a combination of my path and strategies, the larger communication context, and some basic how to-s, both tech and strategic
Printing Press – 300 years, web – 20 years McLuhan – not a positive prediction F2f – oral/aural – emotional, intimate - Script – slow production, limited numbers, access 1 at a time - Print – beginning of “broadcasting” radical change in brain wiring, favours rationality, logic over emotion - Recording (& editing) broadcasting with strong gatekeepers - Just over a century - Visual and aural channels added – emotional again, but heavy production side and a shift in brain wiring Script loses primacy
Blogs still 1 to many, even though comments possible Recording – shift to different part of brain – visual & oral Web – further re-wiring
Reluctant “Early Adaptor” – School Politics –> file management > part of teaching writing – opportunity to learn slightly ahead of students - > wild ride on this new form of communication –made use of every contact I could find – peers, (Diane – courses), students, and increasingly, the web itself. Loved web pages – colour, etc.tried to learn how to make – struggle & limited success Blogging community – social. Blogger, Flickr, Furl & delicious, Diigo - social Early on, wp referenced a lot online, so tried out easiest wp.com – migrated from Blogger, Schools – e-portfolio – so I made one