m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

Collin made a really helpful comment over on Donna’s blog:
“If what it takes to get them going is to start by treating entries like post-it notes, then that’s what it takes.”
I like the imagery evoked by a post-it note, for my compose window is just a little bigger than a post-it. However, I do [...]

in 8010, blog politics
In today’s news, Bloggers beware, your words may come back to haunt you at work on azcentral.com.
We talked about this briefly Wednesday night. Someone said we didn’t really need to worry about someone digging up words we’ve said. However, check out the above link. Future employers will google us. [...]

My Academic list of bloggers just morphed. I’ve added links to my new school chums in CCR:711 and to my fellow comp theorists here in Columbia. I may need to categorize my blogroll if I can’t remember who is who quickly, but here is a quick list.
CCR 711: Network(ed) Rhetorics
academom
Arete
Baron Miguel Secluna
Cinnabar [...]

in CCR 711, Network(ed) Rhetorics
I was going to post a quick link on rhetworks del.icio.us account for blog etiquette, as I thought it might be good introductory information to have in week one. However, such a task proved not to be very quick because my top search results proved incomplete and it’s a larger [...]

reading schedule
File in CCR:711: wk1
Collin asked us to read Lila Efimova’s blog post, Blogging as breathing or how to find time for blogging?
At the Blogwalk in Umea, they discussed the following issues that take time.
– To get used to the tools
– To grow [...]

Alex Halavais is collecting nominations for the 2004 Academic Weblog Award. Go check it out and do nominate your favorite academic blogger. I vote for Culture Cat.

Mark Pearson compares a threaded discussion board, weblog, and wiki to show the pedagogical advantages and disadvantages of each tool.
I like his “Street Level Science” project in which students perform a drama, conduct a street experiment, or create a poster.

Clancy Ratliff at CultureCat is giving a talk on blogging and has posted a list of issues she’d like to discuss.
Will Richardson at weblogg-ed posted about an AP English class in which the teacher, Bernie Heidkamp, published Your Blogging Responsibilities and All About Blogging. Heidkamp requires that his students post one original entry and [...]

Research Notes
Kairos – Rhetoric, Technology & Pedagogy
A. Searched for “weblog” and received 3 results.
1. Link to editorial staff member, Clancy Ratcliff, of Culture Cat weblog.
2. Link to “Web Writing” article that mentions the words weblog and blogs as possible uses for web writing assignments.
3. Best Webtext Awards list first Best Academic Weblog [...]

There is more blogging going on here at UM-C.
Donna Strickland’s advanced composition class is blogging:
English 3010: Advanced Composition
RHETORIC, POLITICS, AND 1984+20
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