Comments on: The Long Tail Problem in K-12 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/the-long-tail-problem-in-k-12/ The Read/Write Web in the Classroom Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:59:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Craig Nansen http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/the-long-tail-problem-in-k-12/#comment-1618 Craig Nansen Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:27:20 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/the-long-tail-problem-in-k-12/#comment-1618 <a></a>One of the problems in tracking down information about the qualifications of a blogger is the reluctance to "brag" about themselves. It isn't the same as when you write a formal article or research paper because providing credentials is expected in those cases. And one of the reasons blogs are so useful is that it allows you to share successful projects, failures, and ideas without doing the research needed for a formal paper. Thus they are not "research safe" but may contain very useful information. After doing the research needed to earn an advanced degree, I have become an advocate for checking resources and getting accurate information. But now I spend a lot more time reading blogs (like yours and Tim's) to get new ideas, to find out about things that worked and others that didn't. This is the only way I can survive as quickly as technology is changing what we do in schools and in our personal lives. One of the problems in tracking down information about the qualifications of a blogger is the reluctance to “brag” about themselves. It isn’t the same as when you write a formal article or research paper because providing credentials is expected in those cases.

And one of the reasons blogs are so useful is that it allows you to share successful projects, failures, and ideas without doing the research needed for a formal paper. Thus they are not “research safe” but may contain very useful information.

After doing the research needed to earn an advanced degree, I have become an advocate for checking resources and getting accurate information. But now I spend a lot more time reading blogs (like yours and Tim’s) to get new ideas, to find out about things that worked and others that didn’t. This is the only way I can survive as quickly as technology is changing what we do in schools and in our personal lives.

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