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May 24, 2008 | Tagged BlogDay, blogging, Edublogger Argento, mateyblogs, Rosario |
A spin-off of RosarioBlogDay, MateyBlogs, the first collaborative blogging workshop in Rosario, took place today at CEC combining one of our dearest Argentinian traditions with the 2.0 spirit.
After three brief presentations conducted by Fernanda Rubio, Francisco Sanguinetti on how to integrate mutimedia content, and Federico Aikawa, who shared some practical blogging tips, we divided ourselves into three groups to share experiences and discuss questions with the coordinators. Surprisingly enough, I was in a group full of teachers! 
I was especially glad to meet Gabriela Spadoni and María Sabina Codarín, Edublogger Argento members, after our failed f2f meeting last night.
The wrap up presentation was in charge of Federico Picone who discussed the importance of social networks and other Web 2.0 tools.
Some tools that were mentioned:
Gickr
Luna Pic
Photoshop Express
Twitxr
Alianzo
Once again, it was great to meet such an enthusiastic and diverse community of ArgenBloggers face to face.
See you all at the next MateyBlogs!
Comments
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Hi, Carla!
I literally stumbled upon your blog and I’m absolutely fascinated!
Congrats on all your achievements!
I’m just learning to take my first steps on Web 2.0, and I can see you’re quite the master.
Perhaps you can help me with this metaphysical doubt. I have seen that in Blogging For Educators you have both a blog and a Yahoo Group. I have been using Yahoo groups for a number of years, and I can’t really see why blogs are superior (or at least why they are all the rage). Your views?
Thanks
Mariel Amez
mamez@express.com.ar
Hi, Mariel!
Thanks a lot for your comment!
At Blogging 4 Educators we used the Yahoo Group as our central communication hub for updates, announcements and general questions. However, we focused our weekly discussions on the blogs. In that way, we centralized each discussion on a single thread, which is easier to read and follow.
Regarding the special characteristics of blogs I can mention:
Tagging: by tagging or labeling each post it is easier to find related information or connect to other people who are discussing the same topic.
Other Social Networking features:through the readers or contributors’profiles you have access to their own blogs, which helps to build a real network.
I think the Web 2.0 is mainly about networking and building learning contexts. It’s a democratic environment in which knowledge is distributed and we learn better in collaboration. Anyway, having a suite of tools such as a YG, a blog, a wiki, etc., seems to be the best way to cater for the specific needs of a learning community.
The topic is certainly too broad and too complex, but I’d love to keep sharing ideas.
Regards,
Carla
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Thank you so much, Carla!
I need to learn a bit more before I can fully process your thorough answer.
Due to a mishap I have lost your mail address, but I’ve got your blog on del.icio.us, so I guess I can always find you. Thanks again.
Best,
Mariel
Dear Mariel,
I’ve sent you another e-mail message with my two e-mail addresses and some links to resources.
Let me know if you don’t get it and I’ll send it again.
Regards,
Carla
Carla y beba: Te cuento que enlazé tu blog al mío (www.alreadybiz.wordpress.com) … fijate si es de tu agrado y sino avisame.
Cheers