Gave my journalism kids an hour long presentation on Web logs as J today, and at the end, half of my class signed up for Blogger accounts and started posting away. It was really fun to watch their enthusiasm. What’s even more fun is being able to bring the concept into the curriculum not just as a tool but as part of the study. Showed a clip from Media Matters on PBS that does a really good job of introducing and exploring the potential. There’s no doubt that this digital printing press is empowering people in ways never before imagined, and I’m going to get my students to do some thinking about that as I start prepping for the Web Logs as J presentation during the New Media Studies program at Middlebury this summer. It’s nice having 22 research assistants…
On a similar note, Pat sounds like his teachers and students are having some fun as well. That’s the way it should be.
Sounds like you’re off to a good start! 🙂
btw, one of the candidates for the New Media program is a Hunterdon grad…