This is my first post on blogger. I've worked with other web sites, but generally they've been business sites.

This looks like it will be an interesting change. The key on this site will be content, or so it appears. Generally my contribution to a web site has been more heavily tilted toward the technical side. It will be interesting to see how well this site works from a user and administration point of view. So far it looks like the user side will be pretty good. The administration side might be a bit limited, but I might not be seeing it all.

As for the blogging, it will be interesting to see how that goes. In both of my classes last semeseter I had to participate in online discussions. I found that strangely compelling. One of the classes also had a journal component. I kept the journal on my computer in a web form. The tool I used was a different one, and again it will be interesting to compare the two.

The book seemed to have an unusual format in that it contained several (a surprising large number) of printed out web pages. I would have cut the number down to about one third of what is there. I would have cut the personal interviews down also. Having set up sites, the book seemed to be at a pretty simple level. I was hoping for something more -- something that would tell how to set up a blog site for an entire system (for example). This is at least a start.

The other thing that will be interesting about this class is the VIC (video classroom) piece. This is something that I've heard about from other students and even from other teachers. It seemed that for them it played out differently than a normal classroom. Having worked at a school that installed such a system (it was a high school), I'm interested in seeing how it feels. Hopefully it works well.