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<hr noshade color="#9999FF" width="85%" size="4" align="left"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php/MichaelUmphrey/ways-to-use-blogs/">Ways to Use Blogs</a> Musing Aloud</h2> by Michael L. Umphrey The <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i39/39a01401.htm" title="Scholars Who Blog">Chronicle of Higher Ed</a> has an article about the scholarly use of blogs, noting that these “scholars tackle serious questions in a loose-limbed, vernacular mode.” The University of Minnesota has a good summary of <a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ways.html" title="University of Minnesota">ways to use blogs</a>. A few that fit my temperament: <blockquote>Encourage students to create their own blogs, and create assignments that give students the option to use their blogs as the mechanism for completing those assignments. <a href="http://blogs.setonhill.edu/nmj/" title="New Journalism">Seton Hill University</a> is already using blogs in this way. Use UThink to track areas of research interest, web sites about a particular topic, or happenings in a particular field. Use UThink blogs as a research tool. The more people we have logging in and posting opinions, the richer the search results will become. Create a UThink blog for any student organization, club, or group you might belong to and easily keep other students up to date on your group’s activities, events, or views on a particular topic.</blockquote> Copyright 2004 Michael L. Umphrey