This is the first podcast from the 2008 Teen Tech Week committee. The podcast includes two informative interviews with library workers who run successful blogs. Youth services librarian Crystal Niedzwiadek interviews Stephanie Iser about her Alternative Teen Services Blog and gaming expert Eli Neiburger about AADL’s Gaming Blog. These library workers will inform and inspire you to dive in and try your hand at blogging with your teens!
Topics that are covered:
- Types of blogs
- Word Press and Drupal blogging software
- Software, plug-ins, and web tools to use including Akismet, Techorati, Feedburner, Google Reader, and Site Meter
- Customization of your blog
- Promotion & Participation
- Developing blog content
- Spam & other technological issues
- Censorship
- Legal issues including the article 12 Important Laws Every Blogger Should Know
- ALA Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium
- Video game tools from Ann Arbor District Library
