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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>ty for your detailed reply russel - it makes a more sense
to me now</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>my question now is, however, what is the "add user"
function for then and how do u make it work?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>andrew grimshaw</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>colac college</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 23, 2007 4:26
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Year 12 IT Apps]
edublogs</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Andrew,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>I may be ill-informed, as I have heard people saying they've
done exactly as you're aiming to do.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>However, it is my understanding that on a blog, only the owner
of the blog is meant to be able to start new posts/entries.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>A site where anyone can start new topics, and all such topics
appear intermingled regardless of initiator, would be described as a web
discussion forum.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>A site where posts started by a given person only appear on
that person's own page, would be described as a blog.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Furthermore, on a blog, the owner has rights to modify or
delete comments while the person who wrote the comment usually does not have
this privilege. On forums on the other hand, the thread-starter has no special
privileges over "his" or "her" thread: people can only edit or delete their
own posts, unless they are a designated (board-wide) moderator.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>A lot of people seem to want to use blogs for things that are
better suited for discussion forums. My take on it in an educational context
is that discussion forums are best for free discussion (which any student or
the teacher may initiate), while blogs are for 1) the teacher to put up topic
information (on a class blog), 2) discussions that are always initiated
topic-by-topic by the teacher (on a class blog) or 3) for students to keep a
journal or portfolio of their work (on their own individual blogs).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>As I said, I may be ill-informed but that's my understanding
of it. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>cheers</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Russell</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>P.S. Apologies in advance for
any crazy formatting... stuck on edumail web interface today.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of Andrew Grimshaw</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Sent: Fri 2/23/2007 3:21 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To: Year 11
Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List; Year 7 - 10 Information
Technology Teachers' Mailing List; Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing
List</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] edublogs</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Hi </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>i have set a blog for my yr10 and yr11 class to use as a forum
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>(i will also encourage the students to maintain their own
blogs as well</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>i have been doing a test run with a couple of students. they
have registered and can add comments but cannot start new posts, etc. i
presume this is linked to the fact that when i try to add them as a user
edublogs cannot find them</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>i tried the discussion threads on edublogs but ended up as
confused as when i started!</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>can any1 help?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>thx, andrew grimshaw</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>colac
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