DAY 3 April 23, 2008

Discussions for today:

• The importance of identifying the blogger
• The importance of identifying the institutions represented by the blog and quality control
• The importance of contextualization and quality control
• The new St. Andrew's College Blog
• The fluidity of the Mazepa mythos and imagery
  

Achievements of today:

• Created the new St. Andrew's Blog and presented it to administrative staff (Thanks to Genia and Melissa)
  
• Examined the wiki format of information creation
• Created the Mazepa Mythos wiki and experimented with formatting (currently set to private)
• Discovered the problems with adding images of Mazepa to the entry for Day 2. The problem should be fixed in the next couple of days by blogspot.
  
• Listened to Balfe's Mazeppa Waltz by the Olexander Koshetz Choir and the University of Manitoba's Women's Choir, as re-discovered by Dr. Hlynka.
• Secured copies of The Other Canadians by Isydore Hlynka and The Honourable Member for Vegreville: The Memoirs and diary of Anthony Hlynka, MP by Hlynka, Gerus, and Friesen from the St. Andrew's College library.

Mazepa Mythos wiki to be examined this Friday, April 25th, 2008. My task for tomorrow is to familiarize myself with the two Hlynka texts.