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October 26, 2007
Guest spot
No, I'm not handing over the keys to a guest blogger; I'm too much of a control freak for that. (Just kidding. Sort of.)
I was invited to speak to a mass communications class at Chattanooga State Technical Community College today on blogs, blogging, online media, citizen journalism — you know, what it is I do here, whatever you want to call it.
I think it went pretty well, even though I wasn't the most organized. At the very least, the 50 minutes didn't just drag by, and I think only one student went to sleep — and even he woke up and asked a question. There were several good queries, and one guy came up afterward to offer a suggestion for this blog. (What? Did you think I would demo yours?)
One thing that surprised me was how few students in this class have their own blogs. The answer? Zewo. I asked how many had uploaded an original video to YouTube (or a similar site), and about three hands went up.
So, even though there are currently more blogs in existence than we'll ever need, the saturation point has clearly not been reached.
I thank the professor for allowing me to introduce this topic to her group, and hope that I helped advance the general topic in some meaningful way.
About Blogs , Education | By joe lance | 01:36 PM