Teen Blogging a Good Thing, Study Suggests

27 March 2010

A new pilot study is supportive of teenage blogging, as the vast majority of study subjects used the blogs to nurture relationships with their peers and build a sense of community. In the investigation, Ohio State University researchers studied 100 teen bloggers from around the United States.

[Source: Live Science]


Teaching Tool: Blogging a Mass Killing

20 November 2009

Leslie Whitaker, a guest blogger for Wired Campus, is a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Previously she worked as a reporter for Time magazine.  She reflects on what happened when her class blogged about the Fort Hood shootings.

[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education - Wired Campus]


ProfHacker Blog Highlights Widespread Interest in Teaching With Technology

6 October 2009

Two tech-happy English professors have started a group blog that provides tips for making the most of Internet tools for teaching and research.  With 10 regular contributors, the blog is getting 10,000 page views a week.

[Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education - Wired Campus]


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