BSOL: A Session on Blogging

Today I delivered a session on blogging to members of Brisbane Seniors Online. I found the participants totally engaged with the topic and brim full of questions.

The session slides can be viewed here. Blogger has a wealth of tutorials for beginners here.

A big concern from the questions asked was privacy. Privacy around who could see the blog, who could view one's profile, how to moderate comments. Google has a Privacy Policy here. In it they explain:

• What information Google collects and why they collect it
• How Google uses that information
• The choices Google offers, including how to access and update information

A couple of articles on privacy that may be of interest:


 The eGov AU blog is also a good source

These links were published in 2005 but are still pertinent

Sharing Yourself Online: Privacy While Blogging

Blog Safely  

Social Media News can be found here a great place to learn all things social media from monthly stats on Australian's use of the various social media to infographics on top 10 brand pages on Facebook.

Creative Commons can be found here. Creative Commons is an international non-profit organisation that provides free licences and tools that copyright owners can use to allow others to share, reuse and remix their material, legally.

My blog can be found here, where I share my thoughts on social media for workplace learning and development and personal learning/knowledge networks.