Comments on: Blogs: The Many Voices of a University

By: JDEbberly (J D Ebberly)

JDEbberly (J D Ebberly) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:33:49 +0000

Twitter Comment... RT @hacool: @MackCollier @desertronin I did a presentation last year on Univ. Blogging - Slides: [link to post] #blo ... #Blogchat - Posted using Chat Catcher ...

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:14:15 +0000

For some reason I can´t watch your video.

Anyway, I think blogs for everyone in campus is one that should be considered by universities. There´s something about the personal nature of blogs that brings the readers into a positive realm with the writer, if you know what I mean.

I also think that if alumni, faculty, staff and students are involved in this whole "blog world" (mostlikely interweaving personal and academe life), interacting through comments, exchanging ideas, there´s a certain cohesiveness (not sure about the word) among them.

And I don´t know about you, but when I was in university, one of the many things that I liked was just being part of that university -- there was a certain comfort in knowing a face, a common belief.. etc

Now when people in the campus are all encouraged to blog, I think this "cohesiveness" (loyalty? still not sure what the right word is) becomes even stickier.

I sure do wish my always irritable professor in college blogged.

By: gregor

gregor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:18:00 +0000

i red your presentation abstract, it's very inspiring. by providing blogs to all members of a university, i think it's a good way to help marketing the university as long as the content of the blogs are mostly positives. i'll try to communicate this idea to my colleague. thx.

By: Gretchen D

Gretchen D — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:27:24 +0000

Skibbled! Thank you for using Eloiseish.

By: May

May — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:03:13 +0000

I like the idea of using the blog as a method of communicating in the academic setting. It's good to know that the academic realm is keeping up with modern times!

By: Heidi Cool

Heidi Cool — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:22:35 +0000

Thanks Adam, I forgot to mention that I created the cartoons using http://www.bitstrips.com, which is basically a social media site based on cartooning. It makes it very easy to create characters and scenes without having to draw everything by hand each time. And like other social media sites one can make friends, share cartoons, etc. I didn't publicly publish all the strips I made for the presentation, but if you have an interest in the site you can friend me there at http://www.bitstrips.com/user/1800/.

By: Ae

Ae — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:41:42 +0000

You did a fantastic job Heidi. The illustrations were great - Admissions should do a comic book or ppt presentation "what to expect at Case" using those cartoon styled characters. Quick and easily diverse-able way to represent the campus. Re: the q at about 42:00 I think it's a good point to track stats, alas, if only we had the time to do it! Congrats again

By: Heidi Cool

Heidi Cool — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:41:19 +0000

After getting trapped an extra day on the coast due to weather, I'm home and finally watched this. The advice about skipping ahead is just because the camera went on early and during the first minute you will just hear the audience members sitting near the equipment--this was the last presentation of the day so you'll understand why they might be thirsty! (They're also great guys who were helpful in calming me down before having to speak, esp. knowing that the audience would be Twittering during the talk.) It's odd listening to yourself—I sound far more serious than I really am— but hopefully it makes sense. If you have any questions about it, please feel free to ask.