blogs and unschoolers
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I've been looking at some of the unschooling families' blogs, and they
seemed fun, and I was tired today and it was cold outside, so I messed around at
blogspot, to see what the big difference was between blogs and webpages.
Not much that I've discovered so far.
But I was going to show Holly where I had put her picture online, and as I
was reciting the URL I wanted her to type in to see it, she turned halfway
through and said, "You made a BLOG?"
"Yeah!"
"Mom!"
Me, looking at her with my two eyes blinking.
Her, looking at me.
We don't understand one another.
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
I wondered whether I should be, and said, "No."
She told me it was like a live journal, or a dead journal, and it was
embarrassing.
I told her all the cool unschooling moms had them, but she wasn't impressed.
<G>
_http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/_ (http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/)
It's not any easier to put photos there, or links. It's no easier to insert
text.
But it might be one more way for people to find unschooling, so that's fine.
And I can tell stories there that aren't worth putting on a real webpage.
<g>
Sandra
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seemed fun, and I was tired today and it was cold outside, so I messed around at
blogspot, to see what the big difference was between blogs and webpages.
Not much that I've discovered so far.
But I was going to show Holly where I had put her picture online, and as I
was reciting the URL I wanted her to type in to see it, she turned halfway
through and said, "You made a BLOG?"
"Yeah!"
"Mom!"
Me, looking at her with my two eyes blinking.
Her, looking at me.
We don't understand one another.
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
I wondered whether I should be, and said, "No."
She told me it was like a live journal, or a dead journal, and it was
embarrassing.
I told her all the cool unschooling moms had them, but she wasn't impressed.
<G>
_http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/_ (http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/)
It's not any easier to put photos there, or links. It's no easier to insert
text.
But it might be one more way for people to find unschooling, so that's fine.
And I can tell stories there that aren't worth putting on a real webpage.
<g>
Sandra
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Blogs are sort of a cross between a journal, an email list, and a webpage. I think the community aspect is what makes it fun, like an email list... but I've also always wanted to keep a diary, and this has been the only way it's worked so far. Being a linear-minded person, blogging is easier for me that making a webpage... I think the last homepage I made was in, um, 1997.
Rain says she thought Holly didn't like livejournal...
See, though, if you start a blog on blogger, I can't comment on it unless I get a blogger account... just like you can't comment on my xanga without a xanga account... but I think xanga is cooler ;-) For the unschooling mom set, anyway. The comments are what make it a community, that and the blogrings. So quick, move to xanga!
Rain now has a livejournal, a deadjournal, and a xanga. She was telling my dad about this, and he didn't quite get it, but he interespreted it as menaing that she's doing lots of "schoolwork" online and this needed a new computer, which is what we got for our birthdays... so it worked out well.
And speaking of blogs, Rain's cat died on Monday and she's very sad about it, and she wrote about it on all three of her blogs... so if you want to read her entry about him and maybe drop a comment (if you have a xanga) or email her, she'd appreciate it...
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=slightly_wrong
Dar
http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx?user=freeformlife
-- SandraDodd@... wrote:
I've been looking at some of the unschooling families' blogs, and they
seemed fun, and I was tired today and it was cold outside, so I messed around at
blogspot, to see what the big difference was between blogs and webpages.
Not much that I've discovered so far.
But I was going to show Holly where I had put her picture online, and as I
was reciting the URL I wanted her to type in to see it, she turned halfway
through and said, "You made a BLOG?"
"Yeah!"
"Mom!"
Me, looking at her with my two eyes blinking.
Her, looking at me.
We don't understand one another.
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
I wondered whether I should be, and said, "No."
She told me it was like a live journal, or a dead journal, and it was
embarrassing.
I told her all the cool unschooling moms had them, but she wasn't impressed.
<G>
_http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/_ (http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/)
It's not any easier to put photos there, or links. It's no easier to insert
text.
But it might be one more way for people to find unschooling, so that's fine.
And I can tell stories there that aren't worth putting on a real webpage.
<g>
Sandra
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Rain says she thought Holly didn't like livejournal...
See, though, if you start a blog on blogger, I can't comment on it unless I get a blogger account... just like you can't comment on my xanga without a xanga account... but I think xanga is cooler ;-) For the unschooling mom set, anyway. The comments are what make it a community, that and the blogrings. So quick, move to xanga!
Rain now has a livejournal, a deadjournal, and a xanga. She was telling my dad about this, and he didn't quite get it, but he interespreted it as menaing that she's doing lots of "schoolwork" online and this needed a new computer, which is what we got for our birthdays... so it worked out well.
And speaking of blogs, Rain's cat died on Monday and she's very sad about it, and she wrote about it on all three of her blogs... so if you want to read her entry about him and maybe drop a comment (if you have a xanga) or email her, she'd appreciate it...
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=slightly_wrong
Dar
http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx?user=freeformlife
-- SandraDodd@... wrote:
I've been looking at some of the unschooling families' blogs, and they
seemed fun, and I was tired today and it was cold outside, so I messed around at
blogspot, to see what the big difference was between blogs and webpages.
Not much that I've discovered so far.
But I was going to show Holly where I had put her picture online, and as I
was reciting the URL I wanted her to type in to see it, she turned halfway
through and said, "You made a BLOG?"
"Yeah!"
"Mom!"
Me, looking at her with my two eyes blinking.
Her, looking at me.
We don't understand one another.
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
I wondered whether I should be, and said, "No."
She told me it was like a live journal, or a dead journal, and it was
embarrassing.
I told her all the cool unschooling moms had them, but she wasn't impressed.
<G>
_http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/_ (http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/)
It's not any easier to put photos there, or links. It's no easier to insert
text.
But it might be one more way for people to find unschooling, so that's fine.
And I can tell stories there that aren't worth putting on a real webpage.
<g>
Sandra
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Yahoo! Groups Links
Julie W
SandraDodd@... wrote:
I do love my livejournal more then my blog, because I use it more for
the friends list (which give me the ability to find fan fiction and
such) then for the ability to spew my opinions all over the place.
Without Livejournal I would have never found fandomwank, which I will
admit, does complete my day.
--
Julie W
http://jwoolfolk.typepad.com/theothermother/
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>I've been looking at some of the unschooling families' blogs, and theyYes, yes we do.
>seemed fun, and I was tired today and it was cold outside, so I messed around at
>blogspot, to see what the big difference was between blogs and webpages.
>
>Not much that I've discovered so far.
>
>But I was going to show Holly where I had put her picture online, and as I
>was reciting the URL I wanted her to type in to see it, she turned halfway
>through and said, "You made a BLOG?"
>
>"Yeah!"
>
>"Mom!"
>
>Me, looking at her with my two eyes blinking.
>Her, looking at me.
>We don't understand one another.
>
>"Aren't you embarrassed?"
>
>I wondered whether I should be, and said, "No."
>
>She told me it was like a live journal, or a dead journal, and it was
>embarrassing.
>
>I told her all the cool unschooling moms had them, but she wasn't impressed.
><G>
>
>
I do love my livejournal more then my blog, because I use it more for
the friends list (which give me the ability to find fan fiction and
such) then for the ability to spew my opinions all over the place.
Without Livejournal I would have never found fandomwank, which I will
admit, does complete my day.
--
Julie W
http://jwoolfolk.typepad.com/theothermother/
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Nichole
What is your livejournal name? I, too, have an lj account and a community. I'm ms_fausey and the community is unschoolradical.
:o)
Nichole
:o)
Nichole
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From: Julie W
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] blogs and unschoolers
SandraDodd@... wrote:
>I've been looking at some of the unschooling families' blogs, and they
>seemed fun, and I was tired today and it was cold outside, so I messed around at
>blogspot, to see what the big difference was between blogs and webpages.
>
>Not much that I've discovered so far.
>
>But I was going to show Holly where I had put her picture online, and as I
>was reciting the URL I wanted her to type in to see it, she turned halfway
>through and said, "You made a BLOG?"
>
>"Yeah!"
>
>"Mom!"
>
>Me, looking at her with my two eyes blinking.
>Her, looking at me.
>We don't understand one another.
>
>"Aren't you embarrassed?"
>
>I wondered whether I should be, and said, "No."
>
>She told me it was like a live journal, or a dead journal, and it was
>embarrassing.
>
>I told her all the cool unschooling moms had them, but she wasn't impressed.
><G>
>
>
Yes, yes we do.
I do love my livejournal more then my blog, because I use it more for
the friends list (which give me the ability to find fan fiction and
such) then for the ability to spew my opinions all over the place.
Without Livejournal I would have never found fandomwank, which I will
admit, does complete my day.
--
Julie W
http://jwoolfolk.typepad.com/theothermother/
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In a message dated 4/28/2005 8:12:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
freeform@... writes:
Rain says she thought Holly didn't like livejournal...
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She thinks it's not a good thing to have online journals, but maybe because
some of her friends had stupid online journals. Most or all of them have
dissolved one way or another since the time several of their friends had them,
but none of my kids did.
-=-And speaking of blogs, Rain's cat died on Monday and she's very sad about
it, and she wrote about it on all three of her blogs... so if you want to
read her entry about him and maybe drop a comment (if you have a xanga) or email
her, she'd appreciate it...
_http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=slightly_wrong_
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=slightly_wrong) -=-
My head hurts from trying to find out what Holly can or can't take into
England with her (of the requested stuff, including Mexican jumping beans, but I
found a mailorder source for those so we don't have to find out anymore) so I
need to just get away from the computer and maybe sleep. No more blog/web
tonight for me, I hope.
But I am sorry about the cat.
Tomorrow we might look. Tomorrow's unscheduled and I don't expect to have a
headache then.
Sandra
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freeform@... writes:
Rain says she thought Holly didn't like livejournal...
=========
She thinks it's not a good thing to have online journals, but maybe because
some of her friends had stupid online journals. Most or all of them have
dissolved one way or another since the time several of their friends had them,
but none of my kids did.
-=-And speaking of blogs, Rain's cat died on Monday and she's very sad about
it, and she wrote about it on all three of her blogs... so if you want to
read her entry about him and maybe drop a comment (if you have a xanga) or email
her, she'd appreciate it...
_http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=slightly_wrong_
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=slightly_wrong) -=-
My head hurts from trying to find out what Holly can or can't take into
England with her (of the requested stuff, including Mexican jumping beans, but I
found a mailorder source for those so we don't have to find out anymore) so I
need to just get away from the computer and maybe sleep. No more blog/web
tonight for me, I hope.
But I am sorry about the cat.
Tomorrow we might look. Tomorrow's unscheduled and I don't expect to have a
headache then.
Sandra
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Julie W
Nichole wrote:
I think I'm part of that community, but I don't post, just lurk.
--
Julie W
http://jwoolfolk.typepad.com/theothermother/
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>What is your livejournal name? I, too, have an lj account and a community. I'm ms_fausey and the community is unschoolradical.kisthenightwind.
>
>
I think I'm part of that community, but I don't post, just lurk.
--
Julie W
http://jwoolfolk.typepad.com/theothermother/
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Rodney and Rebecca Atherton
Today, I looked at my blog site and noticed an entry that I didn't post.
I'm such a goofball! While sending out some notes to a group of people, I
added my blog address to the "to" field so that the notes would post to my
blog site also. Well, this means that when someone hit's "reply to" that
their e mail posts to my blog site. DUH ::slaps forehead:: I learn
everything the hard way.
<http://www.geocities.com/rebeccawow.geo> Rebecca
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to
solve. -Roger Lewin
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I'm such a goofball! While sending out some notes to a group of people, I
added my blog address to the "to" field so that the notes would post to my
blog site also. Well, this means that when someone hit's "reply to" that
their e mail posts to my blog site. DUH ::slaps forehead:: I learn
everything the hard way.
<http://www.geocities.com/rebeccawow.geo> Rebecca
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to
solve. -Roger Lewin
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