2. Weblogs in Higher Education John Niedzielski Teaching & Learning Multimedia Specialist Calvin Information Technology

3. What is a Weblog? Quick & easy publishing to the Web –Journals, diaries, news –Content management –Entries vs. pages Syndication via RSS feeds –“fauxcasting”

4. Issues Students already have them –Xanga, Myspace, Facebook, Blogger, etc. But who is reading them? –Friends, parents, administrators, employersadministrators Campus discussions

5. Choosing a Weblog Tool Official CIT project team Requirements Trade-offs Expression Engine (Wordpress, Drupal, Blojsom)Expression Engine

6. 3 Most Important Things… 1.Content! 2.Content!! 3.Content!!!

7. Course Weblogs Interims/off-campus programs –South AfricaSouth Africa –HondurasHonduras –Snow Mountain RanchSnow Mountain Ranch –Ireland, Hawaii, and more… English & JournalismEnglish Engineering

8. Recruiting, PR, and Outreach Admissions: “Reflecting my life at Calvin”Admissions Minds in the Making Calvin Institute for Christian Worship Pivot Orientation Service Learning

9. Internal Communication IT Connection CIT Summer Workshops Human Resources Career Services

10. http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html

11. Questions? John Niedzielski jmn5@calvin.edu www.calvin.edu/weblogs