share with everyone
private,
controlled
by 
YOU!
...or somewhere in between
What is a Blog?
A blog is an online journal...
*very* public,
Joel Galbraith
You
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A place to easily:
publish your thoughts
update clients
share online resources
invite discussion
solicit conference ideas
extend conference themes
make announcements
add pictures
add audio
post presentations
post documents 
add Video
share news feeds
foster transparancy in local government
encourage citizen participation
change the course of elections
launch a thousand ships
and on and on and on...
...or simply
ITD, Teaching & Learning Support (TLS)
or no one
So, what is a SOG blog?
Blogs: websites that let YOU easily share helpful & timely information with your clients.
Teaching & Learning Support blog
http://sogweb.sog.unc.edu/blogs/tls
we'vew not discussed:
RSS subscriptions (to channels/topics)
email newsletters
conversation (forums)
Blogs are for individual authors
we are developing more communal options which will allow contributions from peers, where faculty can operate as the coounity champion and moderator, but not necessarily the sole contributor
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