A quote from a manager at Cisco about using weblogs (from the NY Times): “”It’s been a real solid productivity tool for us,” Mr. Junnila said. “It allows us to communicate quickly, and get information to a broader group quickly, in a way that’s neatly organized.” Another example of what can be done, and what I’d like to bring to our school. Even more reason to get the Department started on it. But a key factor has to be the e-mail update capability, which it seems that Blogger now has in it’s $35 per year upgrade (according to Ev. in the same article.) Another quote from the article: “”If you want to communicate with people, e-mail it to them,” Mr. Hurst said. “Don’t force them to come to your site every day to read what you’ve written.” And that is correct too. But the weblog can serve as a portal for the group. The English Dept. page, so to speak, filled with other resources that can’t be communicated simply by e-mail. I really think that is where the greatest potential of the weblog is, as a resource and a space for threaded discussion. Debates carried out by individual e-mails don’t create the same fabric.