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Weblogs in Higher Education John Niedzielski Teaching & Learning Multimedia Specialist Calvin Information Technology
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What is a Weblog? Quick & easy publishing to the Web –Journals, diaries, news –Content management –Entries vs. pages Syndication via RSS feeds –“fauxcasting”
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Issues Students already have them –Xanga, Myspace, Facebook, Blogger, etc. But who is reading them? –Friends, parents, administrators, employersadministrators Campus discussions
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Choosing a Weblog Tool Official CIT project team Requirements Trade-offs Expression Engine (Wordpress, Drupal, Blojsom)Expression Engine
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3 Most Important Things… 1.Content! 2.Content!! 3.Content!!!
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Course Weblogs Interims/off-campus programs –South AfricaSouth Africa –HondurasHonduras –Snow Mountain RanchSnow Mountain Ranch –Ireland, Hawaii, and more… English & JournalismEnglish Engineering
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Recruiting, PR, and Outreach Admissions: “Reflecting my life at Calvin”Admissions Minds in the Making Calvin Institute for Christian Worship Pivot Orientation Service Learning
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Internal Communication IT Connection CIT Summer Workshops Human Resources Career Services
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http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html
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Questions? John Niedzielski jmn5@calvin.edu www.calvin.edu/weblogs
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