Comments on Scouting Around: Evaluating Educational Blogs

Very nice blog, very interesting to read all the c...

2009-09-01T01:01:47.702-04:00

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2009-08-24T08:02:32.931-04:00

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Its really shocking that only 25% people has compu...

2008-09-18T04:41:00.000-04:00

Its really shocking that only 25% people has computer at home thanks its very interesting

Anne Adrian posted an excellent response to my que...

2007-05-23T16:35:00.000-04:00

Anne Adrian posted an excellent response to my question at: http://blog.aafromaa.com/2007/05/john-dorner-asked-several-questions.html

THANK YOU ANNE!

I'm sure that there are some audience groups that ...

2007-05-23T16:34:00.000-04:00

I'm sure that there are some audience groups that don't lend themselves to moving entirely away from hard copy - but, even 25% is a significant number to ignore. And I'm sure that number is increasing.

I wonder how many of the 75% who don't have a computer at home still get on the internet - from friends, relatives, library, school, etc. How many of them have MySpace accounts or FaceBook accounts?

I'm also sure there are some of our audiences that would have 99% indicate that they have a computer at home.

This is quite interesting. I was with a group of a...

2007-05-20T19:23:00.000-04:00

This is quite interesting. I was with a group of agents last week, one of whom shared that she had conducted a very unscientific survey with her 4-Hers. The question: how many of you have a computer at home? Her survey said...less than 25%. So, for the time being and depending on the target audience, it seems to me that hard copy will still be a valuable tool. -- Virginia