Comments on: Have your Blogs.mu cake – and eat it too! http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:40:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Luke Wade http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 Luke Wade Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:09:49 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-3068 Hi Sue Thanks for the reply. I will certainly be able to use the expertise within blogs in the body of my paper. Unfortunately I will only be able to use peer reviewed journal articles for the literature review component... I pretty much said the same thing to my supervisor i.e. Most of the writing that experts on blogging do will be found in their blogs! Hopefully I may have a couple of interesting questions to ask you further down the line re: Edublogs. Thanks again for your time, Luke Hi Sue

Thanks for the reply. I will certainly be able to use the expertise within blogs in the body of my paper. Unfortunately I will only be able to use peer reviewed journal articles for the literature review component…

I pretty much said the same thing to my supervisor i.e. Most of the writing that experts on blogging do will be found in their blogs!

Hopefully I may have a couple of interesting questions to ask you further down the line re: Edublogs.

Thanks again for your time,

Luke

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-3065 Sue Waters Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:33:14 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-3065 Hi Luke, trouble is often the best information about blogging is being published in blog posts and not necessarily journals. I don't suppose they are going to allow you to link to posts? There are several books on blogging that you could refer to and I know they have previews on Google Book search. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about Edublogs, Edublogs Campus and Blogs.mu. Hi Luke, trouble is often the best information about blogging is being published in blog posts and not necessarily journals. I don’t suppose they are going to allow you to link to posts? There are several books on blogging that you could refer to and I know they have previews on Google Book search.

Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions about Edublogs, Edublogs Campus and Blogs.mu.

]]> By: Luke Wade http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 Luke Wade Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:25:13 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-3064 Hi Sue, I'm a fourth year primary education student (just about to go on my internship) and have recently begun to follow your blog. I am currently conducting a small document based research project, the body of which i will be investigating and comparing various platforms for classroom blogging. I am also required to complete a short literature review, looking research published in journals re: blogging. I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of particular researchers/journals I should look at. I appreciate your time, Luke Hi Sue,

I’m a fourth year primary education student (just about to go on my internship) and have recently begun to follow your blog.

I am currently conducting a small document based research project, the body of which i will be investigating and comparing various platforms for classroom blogging.

I am also required to complete a short literature review, looking research published in journals re: blogging. I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of particular researchers/journals I should look at.

I appreciate your time,

Luke

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Sue Waters Sat, 23 May 2009 02:46:22 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2955 Hi Chris, good questions. Many of the plugins we have developed for Edublogs, or use on Edublogs, are made available through our Premium development site. If I was using WPMU I would definitely become a member of <a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/" rel="nofollow">WPMU Premium DEV</a> because you have accessed to the latest mu-plugins and themes developed, plus get a high level of support in the forums. Plugins that they haven't made available however are Batch & User Creator or Batch Create. But you can check out the plugins to see what ones are currently available without being a member. We are also in the process of increasing support material for the site which will be available in the next few weeks. Hi Chris, good questions. Many of the plugins we have developed for Edublogs, or use on Edublogs, are made available through our Premium development site.

If I was using WPMU I would definitely become a member of WPMU Premium DEV because you have accessed to the latest mu-plugins and themes developed, plus get a high level of support in the forums.

Plugins that they haven’t made available however are Batch & User Creator or Batch Create. But you can check out the plugins to see what ones are currently available without being a member. We are also in the process of increasing support material for the site which will be available in the next few weeks.

]]> By: Chris Brown http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 Chris Brown Fri, 22 May 2009 19:09:21 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2954 Sue - thanks for the recap on all of these options. I have used edublogs a bit over the years but we installed WPMU as our school web site and it's worked very well for us. We are rolling out student blogging next school year and am wondering if the mods that are done to create the excellent teacher/student relationships inside edublogs are available for self hosted WPMU installs? I've pulled together some plugins to help our teachers moderate student blogs but nothing that works as nicely as edublogs. thanks chris Sue – thanks for the recap on all of these options. I have used edublogs a bit over the years but we installed WPMU as our school web site and it’s worked very well for us.

We are rolling out student blogging next school year and am wondering if the mods that are done to create the excellent teacher/student relationships inside edublogs are available for self hosted WPMU installs? I’ve pulled together some plugins to help our teachers moderate student blogs but nothing that works as nicely as edublogs.

thanks

chris

]]> By: Ministry School Student http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Ministry School Student Wed, 20 May 2009 11:58:28 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2952 Thank you for freely offering your support and advice for bloggers... it is very helpful indeed. Keep up the good work! Thank you for freely offering your support and advice for bloggers… it is very helpful indeed. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Not too sure... « blogs.mu forums http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2937 Not too sure... « blogs.mu forums Thu, 14 May 2009 21:24:49 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2937 [...] If you have students with their own blogs and want to have the highest level of control on those blogs blogs.mu and Edublogs Campus provide you with greater control than using Edublogs blogs with your students. This is because both mean you can be a site admin user. I recommend you read my post that explains the difference in features between Edublogs, Edublogs Campus and blogs.mu. [...] [...] If you have students with their own blogs and want to have the highest level of control on those blogs blogs.mu and Edublogs Campus provide you with greater control than using Edublogs blogs with your students. This is because both mean you can be a site admin user. I recommend you read my post that explains the difference in features between Edublogs, Edublogs Campus and blogs.mu. [...]

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 Sue Waters Wed, 13 May 2009 11:00:34 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2933 Hi Kevin, they are both 'supporter driven' just as other Web 2.0 services such as wikis and Ning are 'premium driven' where features are less on the free versions. However because blogs.mu is for all types of bloggers, some of whom do want to raise their own revenue from blogging, people can subscribe as a supporter which provides them the mechanism to add their own ads to their community. Hi Kevin, they are both ’supporter driven’ just as other Web 2.0 services such as wikis and Ning are ‘premium driven’ where features are less on the free versions.

However because blogs.mu is for all types of bloggers, some of whom do want to raise their own revenue from blogging, people can subscribe as a supporter which provides them the mechanism to add their own ads to their community.

]]> By: dogtrax http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 dogtrax Wed, 13 May 2009 09:27:07 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2932 So, is this new platform ad-driven? Is that where the "supporter" idea comes in (as with Edublogs)? Thanks Kevin So, is this new platform ad-driven?
Is that where the “supporter” idea comes in (as with Edublogs)?
Thanks
Kevin

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/05/12/have-your-blogsmu-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Sue Waters Tue, 12 May 2009 07:06:01 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1116#comment-2928 Hi John, I would suggest that you consider drinking the whole bottle (LOL). It has taken me quite a bit of time to get my own head around all the different aspects so I'm not surprise by how it would impact others. What they have done (blogs.mu) is taken it to the next level. Which none one has done previously. In simple terms Edublogs is WordPress MU where you get your own blog for free while blogs.mu is WordPress MU were you get your own WordPress MU for free! Or as James says they have MUed WPMU. Now I think I need to join you for that drink. PS feel free to ask more questions :) Hi John, I would suggest that you consider drinking the whole bottle (LOL).

It has taken me quite a bit of time to get my own head around all the different aspects so I’m not surprise by how it would impact others. What they have done (blogs.mu) is taken it to the next level. Which none one has done previously.

In simple terms Edublogs is WordPress MU where you get your own blog for free while blogs.mu is WordPress MU were you get your own WordPress MU for free! Or as James says they have MUed WPMU. Now I think I need to join you for that drink.

PS feel free to ask more questions :)

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