I started with an on-line blog called scrapblog, moved on to dedicated software - I looked at Notebook, Journler, before translating all the work into an iWeb blog for assessment at Christmas. Although iWeb worked well it did not have the flexibility that I am after, nor the trompe-l'œil effects that I am keen to achieve. I had a look at some software called Tinderbox, which is functional I am sure, but expensive and ugly. So I have settled on this, which is similar to iWeb, but much more customisable. The software is called Rapid Weaver. I have paid for a site, for which I get a customisable blog, galleries that integrate with iPhoto, the ability to customise the look and feel of the site, and for an extra fee, a commercial engine as well.
I could start selling my work... or attempting to...
The use of this software for the creation of this journal is in itself part of the research that I have been doing - finding the method for creating simple effective drag and drop blog/journal/sketchbook/diary creation.
Evaluation -
I do wonder at the value of blogging a apposed to the writing of well thought out honed and polished thesis, there is a temptation to write reams of rubbish. The recorded blog that I have been keeping this term perhaps even more so. It has been very interesting analysing how I do talk. Occasionally it has worked really well, with new thoughts coming to me as I have managed to clear my head of thought on the way up the hill. Transcribing the calls has been a trifle tedious although it has served as a reflection, and has made the task of going back through the blog speedier, although I do not imagine that I shall be going back though it on any regular basis. There is no doubt that my touch typing has improved.
The site itself has been a joy to create, and I have been experimenting with flash to recreate the presentations that I have given to my seminar group. All this is good learning.
As a reflection on this unit as a whole, I still feel that I have been a very self centred rather than putting the time into researching research methodology. But time is short, I trust that I have infused learning through what I have read, collected, and through the lectures that I have attended.
The seminars have been informative and fun. As with the first module, I am not ready to stop yet - I wish to continue - mind, I have a sore wrist and forefinger with all the typing and touch pad navigation, it might be time to do something real rather than virtual.
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