Comments on: Backtracking… http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:58:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Graham Stanley http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Graham Stanley Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:39:11 +0000 http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/#comment-16 all very fascinating stuff, Geoff and Marco - I love the post about popping to the shops. I too have found that in opening up the audience for student podcasts, you start to see a totally new dynamic, and students become more interested in producing work that is of a higher quality. all very fascinating stuff, Geoff and Marco – I love the post about popping to the shops.

I too have found that in opening up the audience for student podcasts, you start to see a totally new dynamic, and students become more interested in producing work that is of a higher quality.

]]> By: geofftaylor http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/comment-page-1/#comment-11 geofftaylor Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:11:28 +0000 http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/#comment-11 Dear Marco Thanks for these comments. Yes, José is a pretty clued-in guy. Tomorrow is the day for recording, editing and publishing the next episode, so we'll see what happens. Fingers crossed. Dear Marco

Thanks for these comments. Yes, José is a pretty clued-in guy.

Tomorrow is the day for recording, editing and publishing the next episode, so we’ll see what happens. Fingers crossed.

]]> By: Marco Polo http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Marco Polo Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:43:34 +0000 http://geofftaylor.edublogs.org/2006/01/24/backtracking/#comment-10 I think a key point in blogging/podcasting is that you ARE writing/speaking for an audience, but you don't know who that audience is exactly, and if you post it on the Internet (as opposed to a closed forum behind a membership and password) you have no control whatsoever over who will read or listen to it. Yet this very vagueness can be a strong point. For instance, rather than seeing "podcasting secret birthday messages to Melanie" as "a podcast for just a single audience", see it as potentially of great interest to a whole lot of curious humans out there who might be invited to be involved in one way or another - which message will Melanie like best? Which one do YOU like? What was the best birthday message/wish/present you ever got? I think Jose has a knack for this kind of privacy in public format (he came up with this idea, right?) and you should trust him and let him follow his instincts. One of the best blog postings I ever saw was also ridiculously simple: "I'm just popping down to the shops. Want anything?" People from all over the world left their wishes in comments! They ranged from the whimsical to the hilarious to the practical. It was a fascinating exercise in cyber-space socialising. I think a key point in blogging/podcasting is that you ARE writing/speaking for an audience, but you don’t know who that audience is exactly, and if you post it on the Internet (as opposed to a closed forum behind a membership and password) you have no control whatsoever over who will read or listen to it. Yet this very vagueness can be a strong point. For instance, rather than seeing “podcasting secret birthday messages to Melanie” as “a podcast for just a single audience”, see it as potentially of great interest to a whole lot of curious humans out there who might be invited to be involved in one way or another – which message will Melanie like best? Which one do YOU like? What was the best birthday message/wish/present you ever got? I think Jose has a knack for this kind of privacy in public format (he came up with this idea, right?) and you should trust him and let him follow his instincts.
One of the best blog postings I ever saw was also ridiculously simple: “I’m just popping down to the shops. Want anything?” People from all over the world left their wishes in comments! They ranged from the whimsical to the hilarious to the practical. It was a fascinating exercise in cyber-space socialising.

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