Blogs at Maricopa
EduResource Weblog - Higher Education Resources Online says “blogging is alive and well at Maricopa” by pointing to a post on Cogdogblog.
A couple caught my interest, but there are several others he noted. Alan wrote this about Alisa Cooper’s class.
Alice Cooper has had her students use weblogs for projects and writing over the past few semesters. “I use a blog (iBlog for the Mac) in my hybrid freshman composition course as an interactive tool to keep students informed about what is going on in class. It is organized into five sections: FAQ, Assignments, Computers, Final Essay, and Lectures. All blog entries have options for students to send me feedback via email or post comments about the blog post for all to read. The blog has a calendar, RSS feed option, hit counter, and weekly polls.
I make blogs a requirement for students in my first year composition course and developmental writing courses. We use Blogger.com, a free web based blogger utility for these courses. Students use the blog as their writing journal. They respond to writing prompts three times a week. The blogs are public, and students are encouraged to read other students’ journals/blogs. ” Some samples:
English 101
English 071
Alan also has an Art Faculty using a blog for his students to create photoblogs at Buzznet. It’s called Testing the Waters. Check this out as well as the others. I’d say blogs are a buzzing at Maricopa and I suspect much credit should go to Alan!
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