Blogs

The term "blog" is short for "weblog", and encompasses a wide scope of websites ranging from individual diaries to topical news aggregators to group collaborative spaces. Blogging software makes it easy for one or more authors to post articles on the web, and to receive comments from readers about the material posted.

We recommend using MyCourses for your Blogs and Discussions.

Examples

Political Science Professor Ross Cheit has decided to take his sections online. Instead of meeting in break-out sections once a week, students in PS105 will be blogging with one another. Prof. Cheit hopes that by being able to participate at their own pace, students will be encouraged to produce more thoughtful answers to his questions and the postings of their peers. A portion of the class is also using the WebCT discussion board as an alternative to the blog format.

Students in Jane Sokolosky's Intermediate German course are using blogs to respond to course readings. Blog entries will reflect students' ideas regarding a novel they will read together. Students will also post comments on each others' blog entries.


With a population of 160,000, news spreads quickly in the town of Camelot. This fictitious town is the locus of a simulation conducted by Marion Orr to teach urban politics and public policy (PS 132). Maintained by student editors, the Camelot Daily News blog hosts articles, editorials, and gives students a mechanism for sending letters to the editor.