Comments on: the busy student's guide to project blogging http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/ Computing, education, and some embedded bits Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: matt http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2029 matt Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:42:06 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2029 Hi Nicky, The site is under a Creative Commons license, so as long as you adhere to the CC-BY-SA license, you may reuse/remix the work. (See the link at right if you want to read the license.) Hi Nicky,

The site is under a Creative Commons license, so as long as you adhere to the CC-BY-SA license, you may reuse/remix the work. (See the link at right if you want to read the license.)

]]> By: Nicky http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2028 Nicky Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:35:21 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2028 Dear Matt, great post, thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you would mind if I post a somewhat edited version of this on my website for my students - credited of course! My students are preparing for a semester overseas so they wouldn't be blogging about projects, why is why I'd like to edit it to reflect the nature of their programme. Do let me know, thanks! Nicky Dear Matt,

great post, thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you would mind if I post a somewhat edited version of this on my website for my students – credited of course! My students are preparing for a semester overseas so they wouldn’t be blogging about projects, why is why I’d like to edit it to reflect the nature of their programme.

Do let me know, thanks!
Nicky

]]> By: James http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2027 James Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:48:54 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2027 Interesting guild. I would defiantly say go with wordpress. Only one caveat- I would avoid posting any political or personal views. Future employers and colleges will be able to find your posts even log after they are deleted (yah Google). Other then that I would advise adding your blog to your email signature and get your blog on Google! There are a lot of SEO plugs for that will help out. Interesting guild. I would defiantly say go with wordpress. Only one caveat- I would avoid posting any political or personal views. Future employers and colleges will be able to find your posts even log after they are deleted (yah Google). Other then that I would advise adding your blog to your email signature and get your blog on Google! There are a lot of SEO plugs for that will help out.

]]> By: matt http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2026 matt Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:15:18 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2026 Thanks, Jason. Good points. Voice (and finding one that suits the blogger) is an exciting part of the process, I think. Also, I like the posts you're writing on NetBeans. I'm looking forward to more. Thanks, Jason. Good points. Voice (and finding one that suits the blogger) is an exciting part of the process, I think.

Also, I like the posts you’re writing on NetBeans. I’m looking forward to more.

]]> By: matt http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2025 matt Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:13:21 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2025 Hi Jen! I will pass them along. Hi Jen! I will pass them along.

]]> By: matt http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2024 matt Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:12:33 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2024 Thanks, Greg. Hosting is always a pain. I think, ultimately, you have to pick one set of evils or another. Will Blogger be there forever? No. Will Wordpress? No. But relying on a classmate who may or may not keep up on hosting certainly seems dangerous. I'll revisit that in a future revision. Certainly, I even wonder about it, and I maintain my own hosting... :/ Thanks, Greg.

Hosting is always a pain. I think, ultimately, you have to pick one set of evils or another. Will Blogger be there forever? No. Will WordPress? No. But relying on a classmate who may or may not keep up on hosting certainly seems dangerous.

I’ll revisit that in a future revision. Certainly, I even wonder about it, and I maintain my own hosting… :/

]]> By: Jason Dobies http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2023 Jason Dobies Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:30:26 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2023 Great post. Another benefit is that it gives students an introduction to writing about technical topics. The English/History/Philosophy papers they are writing for other classes are a very different voice than trying to explain to someone else why a project is a good idea or how you got around a particular bottleneck. It gives them an opportunity to break from the very formal academic tone and use a pragmatic approach to explaining their ideas. Great post.

Another benefit is that it gives students an introduction to writing about technical topics. The English/History/Philosophy papers they are writing for other classes are a very different voice than trying to explain to someone else why a project is a good idea or how you got around a particular bottleneck. It gives them an opportunity to break from the very formal academic tone and use a pragmatic approach to explaining their ideas.

]]> By: Jen http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2022 Jen Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:36:37 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2022 Great guidelines, Matt! I'd say that they are interdisciplinary since they would have been great to have given to my WS class last semester (I gave them a choice between doing either paper journals or blogs, and over half of them chose to blog). If I ever assign blogs in another class, I'll linklinklink here! You should definitely share this post with other colleagues at Allegheny outside CS because I'm sure that profs in other depts could benefit from having their students read this too. Great guidelines, Matt! I’d say that they are interdisciplinary since they would have been great to have given to my WS class last semester (I gave them a choice between doing either paper journals or blogs, and over half of them chose to blog). If I ever assign blogs in another class, I’ll linklinklink here! You should definitely share this post with other colleagues at Allegheny outside CS because I’m sure that profs in other depts could benefit from having their students read this too.

]]> By: Greg Marra http://sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2021 Greg Marra Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:00:10 +0000 http://www.sububi.org/2009/07/27/the-busy-students-guide-to-project-blogging/#comment-2021 This is a fantastic primer. We would have benefited from something like this at the outset of <a href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Vital_Ideation" rel="nofollow">Vital Ideation</a> (<a href="http://vitalideation.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">vital ideation blog</a>) and <a href="http://mobdev.olin.edu/" rel="nofollow">Mobile Phone Apps</a> (blog defunct). I might add a tip that keeping your blog on a 3rd party blogging site instead of personal hosting ensures that the blog stays up even if a particular team member neglects their hosting. This is a fantastic primer.

We would have benefited from something like this at the outset of Vital Ideation (vital ideation blog) and Mobile Phone Apps (blog defunct).

I might add a tip that keeping your blog on a 3rd party blogging site instead of personal hosting ensures that the blog stays up even if a particular team member neglects their hosting.

]]>