Comments on: Children’s Lit Blog Posts of the Day - November 17 http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2008/11/17/children%e2%80%99s-lit-blog-posts-of-the-day-november-17/ From the editors of Children's Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children's Writers Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:46:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jon http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2008/11/17/children%e2%80%99s-lit-blog-posts-of-the-day-november-17/#comment-500 Jon Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:17:29 +0000 http://www.write4kids.com/blog/?p=110#comment-500 Thanks Deanna! {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/Q0EANoPLMG_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"Thanks Deanna! "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/pySs4IT40R"}}} Thanks Deanna! {seesmic_video:{”url_thumbnail”:{”value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/Q0EANoPLMG_th1.jpg”}”title”:{”value”:”Thanks Deanna! ”}”videoUri”:{”value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/pySs4IT40R”}}}

]]> By: Deanna H http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2008/11/17/children%e2%80%99s-lit-blog-posts-of-the-day-november-17/#comment-499 Deanna H Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:11:41 +0000 http://www.write4kids.com/blog/?p=110#comment-499 I hope you don't get rid of the videos. I like your voice overs on them too. I enjoyed the "How to Impress a Girl" post. I was surprised her son was only 7. I thought she was talking to a teenager. I hope you don’t get rid of the videos. I like your voice overs on them too. I enjoyed the “How to Impress a Girl” post. I was surprised her son was only 7. I thought she was talking to a teenager.

]]> By: Jon http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2008/11/17/children%e2%80%99s-lit-blog-posts-of-the-day-november-17/#comment-492 Jon Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:52:37 +0000 http://www.write4kids.com/blog/?p=110#comment-492 Thanks Lee. Personally, I'm a visual person and that's why I went the video route. I kind of like the idea of being able to peer over someone's shoulder while they're surfing and pointing out what they like. Also, the video is self-contained and embeddable anywhere. If I went with a podcast and matching jpegs, it would add more steps for bloggers wishing to use the information in their blogs. That said, I am experimenting and trying to make it as useful as possible. For example, in response to a number of suggestions, today's edition introduced graphics with the blog's URL that run the length of the review. I'm also looking at video hosts that would potentially make those links clickable. So it's an evolving thing..... Thanks Lee.

Personally, I’m a visual person and that’s why I went the video route. I kind of like the idea of being able to peer over someone’s shoulder while they’re surfing and pointing out what they like. Also, the video is self-contained and embeddable anywhere. If I went with a podcast and matching jpegs, it would add more steps for bloggers wishing to use the information in their blogs.

That said, I am experimenting and trying to make it as useful as possible. For example, in response to a number of suggestions, today’s edition introduced graphics with the blog’s URL that run the length of the review. I’m also looking at video hosts that would potentially make those links clickable. So it’s an evolving thing…..

]]> By: Lee Wind http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2008/11/17/children%e2%80%99s-lit-blog-posts-of-the-day-november-17/#comment-491 Lee Wind Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:23:20 +0000 http://www.write4kids.com/blog/?p=110#comment-491 Hi Jon, I like these, how you're highlighting what recent kidlitopshere posts you really responded to, but I'm not sure I "get" what the video component is adding. Would you maybe increase the number of people who would follow these if you did audio-only podcasts (Like Mark and Andrea) and instead of the video, included still frame images of the blogs featured as linkable jpegs in your post? Just a thought... keep experimenting with it! Lee Hi Jon,
I like these, how you’re highlighting what recent kidlitopshere posts you really responded to, but I’m not sure I “get” what the video component is adding. Would you maybe increase the number of people who would follow these if you did audio-only podcasts (Like Mark and Andrea) and instead of the video, included still frame images of the blogs featured as linkable jpegs in your post?

Just a thought…

keep experimenting with it!

Lee

]]> By: Suzanne Young http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2008/11/17/children%e2%80%99s-lit-blog-posts-of-the-day-november-17/#comment-490 Suzanne Young Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:02:07 +0000 http://www.write4kids.com/blog/?p=110#comment-490 This is sooooo cool! Thank you! This is sooooo cool! Thank you!

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