From Weblog to Moblog
Quote: "Weblogs evolved as eager Web writers merged personal journals with amateur journalism, liberally sprinkled with links to other like-minded sites. So what might happen when these eager webloggers take their mobile devices into the field, and work on some mobile weblogs? We're likely to see something that doesn't look like any weblog that yet exists. "
Comment: Blogs are a glimpse of what education will look like eventually (hopefully!). Previously, the teacher lectured and students listened...evaluation was based on student's ability to "tell-back" to the teacher what they had been lectured about. With the exception of evaluation, this process is much like traditional journalism - the paper/magazine tells readers how things are...and that's it - no forum for dialogue that allows readers to interact with the author, content and each other. Blogs are changing this aspect of journalism...now fringe voices and opinions are heard. The content expert (article author) is no longer central to the dialogue - he/she can initiate it, but the readers can interact and voice opinions...just like education should be...