December 6, 2008 – 8:06 pm
This week I was officially awarded a Professional Development Grant, which will make my travel to San Fran for 4Cs much easier on the wallet. I’m also 1 week away from receiving final exam essays from the students I asked to start Twitter accounts. Their responses will be the basis of my presentation, and I [...]
November 17, 2008 – 10:14 pm
Haven’t been feeling 100% and as a result, I forgot to blog last week. Will have to try NaBloPoMo again in December! I’ve got the rest of the semester all planned out, but I think my body is telling me that I need Thanksgiving break NOW! Must catch up on grading and prepare for all [...]
November 11, 2008 – 8:09 pm
Yet again a TED talk that justifies and re-inspires my work with Katrina bloggers. According to James Surowiecki, the blogophere came of age with the Tsunami, with blogs offering “a more complete and powerful picture of what happened.”
November 10, 2008 – 9:41 pm
Just noticed that Technorati has release another “State of the Blogosphere” report. What I like most about this version compared to previous years is that they “asked some of the leading minds on the Blogosphere to give us their thoughts on where blogging is headed.” I’m pasting in a few below: “The word blog is [...]
November 9, 2008 – 8:10 pm
This week I’ll be showing my students 2 episodes of Law and Order, one from 1999 called “Chatroom” and one from 2006 called “Avatar.” Both deal with issues related to the speed, reach, anonymity, and interactivity of the Internet, which [coincidentally? heehee] are the key terms Laura Gurak uses to define the term “cyberliteracy” in [...]
November 7, 2008 – 11:53 pm
Thought I posted for NaBloPoMo today, but looks like I’m getting this post in with only 10 minutes to spare. Here we go! I’ve been noticing several sites talk about the use of the internet in this election, one of which being “Blogged Down in the Past,” from the Columbia Journalism Review. See the map [...]
November 6, 2008 – 11:43 pm
Wishing now I had documented more of my opinions and voting experience on sites like this… 12seconds.tv – Decision 2008 as told by our badass 12ers from Jacob Knobel on Vimeo.
November 6, 2008 – 3:46 pm
A clip from Election Night that combines all of my favorite things:
November 5, 2008 – 9:16 pm
So far I haven’t had a block when it comes to fulfilling a post a day for NaBloPoMo. Lots of great political energy out there and amazing user-generated creations. Speaking of political statements, here’s a new shirt from my favorite Dirty Coast Press:
November 5, 2008 – 1:28 pm
Lots of word clouds of Obama’s victory speech showing up today. Here’s one I find aesthetically pleasing:
November 5, 2008 – 9:26 am
I remember seeing this in 2003, on the Alan Cumming website of all places, and thinking how powerful an example it is: So it’s amazing to see now, thanks to YouTube and other video-sharing sites, there can be efforts such as “Why Tuesday?” and “Video Your Vote”. Obviously these videos aren’t as polished, but they [...]
November 4, 2008 – 7:54 pm
After noticing all the Twitter election coverage tools, I’ve decided to spend tomorrow reviewing these sites [and others] with my students. To do this most effectively, I need to begin with a quick lecture on Howard Dean’s 2004 blog and the ever-growing power of video. This video will help start that conversation: Then we can [...]
November 3, 2008 – 10:33 pm
MSNBC had a great article on the power of Twitter during this election. The tips they list below are good ones, and even if you don’t have an account, just seeing the livestream on election.twitter.com is AMAZING! Use Twitter like a pro on Election Day Register for an account at Twitter.com. Choose a username you [...]
November 3, 2008 – 10:12 pm
Andy and I cast our votes last week, so tomorrow we can go about our teaching schedules and not have to rush the polls or wait in any lines. I’m so excited that this election is finally coming to an end. I just hope by tomorrow night we know, for sure, who won. Tonight Frontline [...]
November 2, 2008 – 9:16 pm
Sites I’ve joined over the past few months: Blip.fm–like Twitter, but with music. I love how it gives you “props” and also stores everything you’ve played. I’ve also found many wonderful mashups and covers, such as this bluegrassy one of Blu Cantrell’s “hit em up style” Pandora radio–for when I don’t want to hear a [...]
November 1, 2008 – 10:47 pm
In an effort to keep up the blogging efforts I started last night, I figured November would be good a month as any to participate in National Blog Posting Month. The FAQ is quite detailed, but I’m excited to try and live up to the challenge! With all of the dissertation writing I still need [...]
October 31, 2008 – 9:52 pm
With my hectic schedule and lower back pain, I haven’t blogged much lately; however, I have continued to update my Twitterstream, primarily from my phone and new I-pod touch. These have been short posts pointing to links I’ve found interesting or sharing my observations in a small Wisconsin town. But this past week I noticed [...]
October 31, 2008 – 8:44 pm
Wow. I haven’t blogged here in over a month, with that last post consisting only of embedded videos! I have written a couple posts over on the Katrina Media site, though, so check those out when you have a chance. Things have been very busy here, such is the life of a still dissertating new [...]
September 28, 2008 – 2:51 pm
Who knows when I’ll ever get to see this [considering my new Wisconsin town has yet to get Burn After Reading], but I know I’ll look as hard as I can to find it. May even drive to Milwaukee since this schedule says filmmakers will be there in November. As Loki writes, “It is fortunate [...]
September 27, 2008 – 9:34 pm
I can’t think of a better way to introduce rhetoric to my class next semester.
September 27, 2008 – 9:30 pm
Cross-posted at Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster: Last week I was interviewed by the communications staff here at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. They contacted me, saying they had heard about my research into the post-Katrina blogosphere, and the result of our conversation is this press release, which was sent out to 50 local and regional reporters. [...]
September 18, 2008 – 2:10 pm
I’ll be presenting a paper on teaching with Twitter at 4Cs next year, so, in order to get my “data,” this Monday I will present my students with their task of creating accounts on the popular microblogging site. I was nervous over the summer when the Fail Whale kept rearing his power-blue head, but it [...]
