FacultyTechDays2008/BlogsAsPersonalRepositories

= Personal Repository? =

First, a quick demo of some sample personal repositories:
 * D'Arcy Norman
 * Paul Pival - our friendly neighbourhood Public Services Systems Librarian
 * Cole Camplese @ Penn State's ETS
 * James Groom @ The University of Mary Washington

Personal != Private
Don't publish private information, but publish your information.

Personal != Institutional
If your repository is owned and/or managed by the institution, it can be harder to take it with you.

Personal
Mine == You are in control of your repository. Bend it to do your bidding. Take it with you.

Repository?
Just a place to store, organize, filter, share, refine, and publish your stuff (whatever that stuff may be).

= Why? =

Outboard Brain

 * Archiving your information, in a searchable and organizable format.
 * Cory Doctorow described the Outboard Brain in 2002.
 * Why it's Important to "Own" Your Content
 * on ePortfolios and Ownership
 * eg. my notes from various conferences

Network Effects

 * Sharing your outboard brain, and using others' as well (see the FTD 2008 resources on Social Networking )
 * Connectivism
 * Sounding board (bounce ideas off the people in your network)
 * Lazyweb (stuck? call for help. I do it frequently

Digital Identity

 * Google for yourself. You could be the top search result by maintaining a personal repository on the open web.
 * eg. Google "D'Arcy Norman"
 * The Importance of Being Permanent

= How? =

Where to get your own blog
You can create your personal repository anywhere - some things to keep in mind:
 * be SURE you can get your content back out
 * be SURE you retain ownership of your content (*cough*Facebook*ahem*)

Some great places to start

 * WordPress.com
 * EduBlogs.org
 * Blogger.com
 * weblogs.ucalgary.ca
 * UCalgaryBlogs.ca

Or, run your own

 * WordPress.org
 * Drupal.org

Don't want a blog? How about a wiki?
The goal is to have a place to manage your content, not to run a blog. If you'd rather just store content in a more page-like format, but still have it easy to edit, a wiki is a great way to go.


 * WikiSpaces.com
 * PBWiki.com
 * Ning.com (blogs + wikis + community stuff)
 * wiki.ucalgary.ca

How to manage your blog/repository
To the demo!