I really thought I had posted the links to everyone’s blog, but only now am I getting that done. My bad. But I hope all of you get into the spirit of having your very own website and put a little attention there. It is a great way to communicate with each other, and it is wide open as to what you can do with it. For now we’ll focus on learning HTML/CSS and how collaborating will help us all reach our objective.

If your name is not on the Fall07 blogroll, email me and we’ll get it added. If your name is there and the site is not working, catch me in class and let’s get it fixed.

For the energetic ones who would like to figure out blogging, there is an excellent article you may want to read. It is How to be Heard by Stephen Downes. It is a tad long, but a lot of good stuff in the first sections to give you an idea of what this is really about.

Welcome to the class blog for Introduction to Web Scripting. Please check this site for the latest news about the class, assignments, changes, and information related to learning about XHTML and CSS. Students are welcome to communicate with the instructor through the comments related to each post.

Welcome to Intro to Scripting Languages for the Fall ‘07 quarter! A few new things will be added to the course this quarter to enable each learner to communicate with one another about class assignments, share project ideas, get feedback from one another, or just to share some new information you discovered about web scripting (or other topics you may be interested in). Everyone will create their on weblog (website like this one) and learn about blog based websites in the process. Some assignments will include blog related posting, but it can also be used however students wish to engage each other or the instructor.

Another new part of the course will be the opportunity to expand your learning about HTML/CSS by creating an online content aggregator. It can also help you become less dependent on an instructor for finding specific information you wish to learn about. An aggregator is free open source software that allows you to subscribe to as many websites with RSS feeds (other weblogs plus many other sites) and collect the ongoing communications from those websites in an orderly list that allows you to keep up with new posts automatically. So you can subscribe to a number of sites and read them all from one window - your content aggregator. You can also use the aggregator to link to a specific site you have subscribed to, simply by double clicking on the article you want to read more thoroughly.

We will be learning about weblogs and aggregators in the first class session, and everyone will have an opportunity to create their own weblog and aggregator.

I hope this begins a new opportunity for each of you, as you expand your “social networking” into your learning activities!