1 / 7

Exploring Weblogs for Personal and Professional Development: A Mid-Term Presentation

This presentation by Teddy N. Chimulwa from TASO Uganda Limited explores the significance of weblogs, or blogs, as powerful tools for communication and engagement. It discusses their features, advantages, and drawbacks, emphasizing their appeal for both personal and professional learning. The talk highlights the potential of blogs to create discussion forums for TASO Training Alumni, facilitate capacity-building opportunities, and enhance community interaction. Overall, the presentation advocates for the use of weblogs as effective platforms for networking and knowledge sharing.

palti
Télécharger la présentation

Exploring Weblogs for Personal and Professional Development: A Mid-Term Presentation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Mid-Term Presentation:Weblogs Introduction to Emerging Technologies Course Presented by Teddy N Chimulwa TASO Uganda Limited 2011

  2. What are weblogs? • Weblogs (blogs) are regularly updated news, opinions or journaling often read by RSS feeds. • They usually allow comments and are used to engage specific constituents. • They can have one or multiple authors • Examples of tools to create weblogs include the blogger, wordpress etc

  3. Reasons for my choice of tool • It can be used for both personal and professional learning- has broader affordances. • It is interactive and makes it easy to share news • Because it is easy to set up and use, it will be easier for my target group to use. • It is cheap (some tools especially wordpress are free) • Keeps records for reference

  4. Pros of Weblogs • Very easy to set-up and use; • Very intituitive interface with lots of templates available • Easy to install • Designed just for blogging; • Allows multiple authors and roles • Link management (RSS feeds) • Comment management/moderation • A good ‘listening’ and ‘participation’ tool

  5. Cons of blogs • May be misused – posting unhelpful content • Limited ability to provide on-spot feedback • Requires external marketing to obtain participation- the blog should be appealing to the target audience.

  6. Applicability of weblogs to my situation • Creating a discussion forum for TASO Training Alumni to share their learning – emphasis on TASO internship program which links professionals from within Uganda and the rest of Africa. • Linking alumni to other useful blog links • Using the blog to communicate available capacity building opportunities at TASO • Effectively monitor the content to identify what the public thinks about TASO services

  7. Conclusion • Given the broad affordances of weblogs, I think they are suitable for both my personal and professional networking.

More Related