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Conversation Strategies in Higher Education
June 2, 2006, Part 1 of 2 (approximately 33 minutes)
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Topics Covered: Second Life, Blogging and Blog Reading, and the Role of Blogs in Scholarly Pursuits

Participants: Kevin Guidry, Karine Joly, Dan Karleen

-Second Life avatars don’t support buzz cuts

-Kevin and projects at Sewanee University of the South

-Momentum towards new media at Sewanee?

-Electronic calendaring is a hot topic on campuses

-Kevin is considering blogging

-Is blogging navel-gazing and elitist?

-A gentleman from Austria introduces himself to the conversation

-Is the blogosphere circular and insular?

-Where is the value in reading blogs?

-When will blogs begin to be recognized as an academic venue?

-University Business is looking to the world of blogs as a source for information about grassroots developments

-Is there a role for blogs in the world of scholarly thinking, perhaps in the way of idea incubator?

-Can tools of new media be used as a way to get past some of the insularity in the blogosphere, in scholarly circles, etc.?

-Kevin shares short list of blogs and RSS feeds (he uses Google Reader)

-The Atlantic National Hurricane Center has an RSS feed.