This document discusses different ways of using blogs for writing and collaboration in academic settings. It provides examples of various blog models like using blogs for dialogic close reading of texts, having students post responses to faculty lectures, collaboratively building knowledge through wikis, crowdsourcing insights on course content, and capturing community experiences through shared images and writings. Tips are also provided on hosting blogs through different platforms and tools.

1. Writing on Blogs@Baruch,
Writing in Many Modes
A Presentation to CUNYWAC Fellows
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

2. Blogs
Open
Scalable
Flexible
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

3. Open
Scalable
Flexible
Sites
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

4. some keywords
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

5. Posts
chronological
media
archiveable via date/authors/categories/tags
password protection
+/- comments
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

6. Pages
static
media
hierarchical
password protection
+/- comments
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

7. Categories
every post, 1+
hierarchical
taxonomical
admins/editors may create
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

8. Tags
every post, 0+
hierarchical
folksonomical
authors may create
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

9. RSS
pull/push content
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

10. some models
photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teojpg/3954918502/
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

11. Dialogic Close Reading
Performance of Knowledge
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

12. Concerning Paradise Lost
discussion of selected
simile on a page
Prof. Paula Berggren
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/eng4160/
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

13. Concerning Paradise Lost Prof. Paula Berggren
student authors post that
integrates web sources,
builds on discussion
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/eng4160/
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

14. Content Area Literacy
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

15. Tomasello’s Capstone Prof.AndrewTomasello
faculty member lectures
students respond
dialogue
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/tomasello
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

16. Collaborative Knowledge Building
Bliki
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

17. Happiness
Prof. Erica Kaufman
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/happiness2010/lexicon/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/southasianreligion/term-list-wiki/
South Asian Religion
Prof. Carla Bellamy
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

18. Peer Review
Exhibit Space
Scaffolding
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

19. Capturing Communities inWords and
Images Prof. Roz Bernstein and Prof. Fran Antmann
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/capturingcommunities/
practice
share
develop
display
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

20. Write To Learn
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

21. Modern American History
Prof.Thomas Harbison
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005fall2010/category/assignments/
each student post =
a miniature historical project
connects classes, extends texts, provides
opportunities to intervene, crowd
sources illumination of course content
folksonomy
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

22. ToolsYou Should Know About
self hosting
edublogs.org
CUNY IT, December 14th
WordPress.com
The CUNY Academic Commons:
http://commons.gc.cuny.edu
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

23. Twitter: @lwaltzer
Email: lucas.waltzer@baruch.cuny.edu
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu
Tuesday, November 23, 2010