There is a lot wrong with the world today, but maybe we can do something about that…. What To Do Your task this week is to think of a “60 second idea to improve the world.” (The link is the BBC podcast where Jordi first heard this) Please read your post and time it to … Continue reading
Blame Andrew! And your Blog council (Brigit, Evelyn, me). or Emily’s post on twitter fiction. A little bit of creative writing never hurt anyone. The idea is to stretch your writing abilities by writing stories. This also ties into the Williams book on writing as we are focusing on writing characters. Even in non-fiction like … Continue reading
This week is about using media, finding interesting topics, and exploring horizons. The Technology Education and Design [TED] conference started some 30 years ago as a way for Silicon Valley, academia, and public intellectuals to share ideas and help set the stage for “the next big thing.” Partly as a response to criticisms of the … Continue reading
Here are some ways to get traffic… this is a contest week. 1) Use tags!!! MANY and relevant. 2) Use your own social networks- hey, this is your writing, be proud of it. 3) Bug you friends. Send an email, send an SMS. 4) Read and comment on others’ blogs! 5) More tips here… Continue reading
This week is a CONTEST. Your goal is to get as many likes, comments from non-followers, and views of your post as possible. The winner will earn bragging rights and some other prize. Your topic: take a story, topic, or issue that is relatively unknown or under-covered and make it more visible. See, the contest … Continue reading
So as we touched on in class, this week your blog will have two parts. Go out and find an article that ties to the case you would like to write about in paper two. Use the library resources to help you! (Stakeholder blog info literacy. Stakeholder blog resources. Jordi’s bookmarks for 312/302) Once you … Continue reading
In 2009 I only saw like one episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. But I’ll never forget seeing all the husky White kids (is it racist of me to note it?) looking horrified as he puts 5,290 pounds of fat, of 100% lipids from butter, animal fat, and so on in this disposal container. That … Continue reading
