tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38562264.post6448551795609754198..comments2023-03-10T03:17:55.656-08:00Comments on Im in Ur Museum Blogz: ReflectionsLynn Bethkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967687344891082676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38562264.post-70415428004521011332007-05-19T10:36:00.000-07:002007-05-19T10:36:00.000-07:00To be fair, the Burke photo show blogs no longer w...To be fair, the Burke photo show blogs no longer work because of UW server issues encountered across campus since a major upgrade this year. These inactive blogs were not prioritized for the big switch, but their time will come. <BR/><BR/>You heard me say much the same about the original blogs -- that they were hardly the peak of civic engagement. But they did proove to be useful for teachers (our original intent), and I wonder if that's an audience worth trying to serve with museum blogs. I think few museum blogs do, at this point. But I know many teachers in this region who would probably regularly use interactive, discussion-based web resources to try to advance their students' ability to articulate and examine the themes in the units they study. In the same way that universities use message board systems now for class discussions. Hmm. Makes me wonder if this is an audience worth considering again for museum bloggers.<BR/><BR/>If I were to take on research in this area, I'd go to the audiences. Who is reading museum blogs? Why are they reading them? What kind of content do they want to see and how will they use the content? For entertainment? For learning? For selecting activities? What other kinds of blogs do they read?<BR/><BR/>It's easy to write a blog that I would want to read, but by the fact that I work in museums, I'm already biased towards an interest in museum-talk. But what about the casual web user? Why should they care about a museum blog?<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your defense, Lynn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com