Doing some research for work, I came across the National Association of Colleges and Employers website which referred me to a blog that is published by Bellevue University in Washington.  Bellevue U. actually has three employees who post to the blog with each addressing different areas of career and employment advising. They manage the blog with weekly updates, and marking posts in the archives for re-publication at specific times in the academic year.  I hadn't thought of re-posting as a management tool, but after reading about it, it made sense to me.  There's another tool to put in your blogging treasure chest/toobox.

As we approach the end of this class, I can recall how little I knew about creating a blog at the outset of this course.  It's easy to do; I knew virtually nothing.  When I look at my "creation" I am pleased, and annoyed at the same time.  There is so much that I could add to this blog, so many ways to make it better. In time,  I will do so.  Because it is a site designed to disseminate information, what I have learned is that if you take the time, do the research and do a little work, it is not so difficult to put together a very informative site.  At the same time, I also know that it isn't something you can do once, and say you are finished.  In fact the opposite holds true.  Maintaining and sustaining a blog is an ongoing project.  Finding fresh information, and timing your "retransmissions" appropriately are both important aspects of blogging for educational purposes.  It still boils down to content being at the heart of a quality product.  What excites me about the process is that each door you open in this arena seems to lead to several more.  This makes the exploration informative and educational for the sender as well as the recipient.

Reviewing our assignment sheet, today I am pondering blog management plans.  I'm not entirely sure exactly what that means, so will end up checking my text tonight to see if it is addressed in there. 

From what I see of other blogs, and adding a quick dash of common sense, it seems to me that blog management would entail site maintnenance to insure that your links are still functioning. periodic reviews of content to see if the information is current, posting new information as you find it, and checking in with other bloggers and blogs to see what is new in their part of the world.

 Those steps in management apply to virtually everything you do, and as simple as they may seem, it is so easy to let time pass and fall behind in maintenance and updating.  Perhaps the text will have something to amplify this management plan, and if it does, I'll post here.