Archive for the ‘Blogroll’ Category

Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter – New York Times

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. But with the rise of sites like Facebook and Twitter, they are losing their allure for many people – particularly the younger generation. — Verne G. Kopytof, NYT, February 21.

Blogging’s soaring popularity reminded me of the mass appeal of  Citizen Band Radio when it was hot. Everyone had a handle. T.B. Knight was my moniker. After a while the sizzle faded. The amateurs had had enough. And the airwave returned  to the highway cops and the truckers who were using it before its mass appeal.  QMfE, “The same thing’s going to happen to blogging,” I told my students.

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Mrs. Anne Smith @ United Kingdom Loves the WORD

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

This phishing could not be ignored:

Date: Sat Feb 19 11:22:49 EST 2011
From: emailservice@domainsbyproxy.com
RE: FWD: hello [HUNTERWORD.COM@domainsbyproxy.com]
To: gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu

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It Was One of Those Semesters: Fall 2010

Monday, January 24th, 2011

I was surprised when students in my two writing classes, feature and introductory news, declined to participate in a conference call with the President of the United States, September 27, 2010, as student journalists at 300 other student publications did.

Not one expressed an interest.

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State of the Union and You

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Posted by on the White House Blog by Dan Pfeiffer on January 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM EST

On Tuesday, January 25, at 9 p.m. EST, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol.  We have been working on a number of ways citizens can get involved in the State of the Union and ask their questions of President Obama and senior Administration officials.

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The Perils of Bovine Text Messaging: The Issue That Continues Needs to Be in Context

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Giving Tricia Orlando her due, contextually, that is.

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The Perils of Bovine Text Messaging: The Issue Continues

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Self-inflicted Outing:

It Was One of Those Semesters

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Below, the first two paragraphs of a very long memo in the wake of the November 10, 2010, faculty meeting.

November 14, 2010
Colleagues,

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It Was One of Those Semesters

Monday, January 17th, 2011

The November 10, 2010  D:F/M Faculty Meeting Was Hot

In the thick of the inferno of that November 10 meeting,  the Hunter College PSC Chapter Chair, rising to a moment during tepid discourse,* announces to her Colleagues, QMfE, “I can’t take this anymore”* and reaches into her ban and aims her teenie-weenie digital pipsqueak at the Colleague whose comments may have overpowered her ability to respond collegially.

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This Semester

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

The WORD Blog (and maybe the WORD) plans to test the boundaries of: Academic Freedom. Free Speech. The First Amendment.

Crisis in Journalism: A Microcosm – 2

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

The battle in D:F/M over the direction of the journalism curriculum (reflecting the many conflicts of the internecine war of several years also ongoing in D:F/M) forced me into a publish or perish mode. This series is one of the results.

"Students in important areas of learning are more sophisticated and savvy than Colleagues give them credit. Are my Colleagues really that obstinate about teaching and learning?

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