Archive for June, 2004

AP adds blogs

Posted: 29 June 2004 by Kathy E. Gill in Blogs, Convergence, Media

Coming to a political convention near you: an Associated Press blog, featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Walter R. Mears and political reporter Nancy Benac. According to AP, the service — Blog@ap.org — will provide commentary and news tidbits. Mears won his Pulitzer for reporting on the 1976 presidential election. Benac has covered Washington, DC for more [...]

Comment spam

Posted: 26 June 2004 by Kathy E. Gill in Blogs

Got my first “comment spam” Friday … from a Steven Fergusson (ip 207.21.148.174) … who felt the need to inform everyone that ” Today is my Birthday :-)… ” and associate it with the A different tune post from October 2003. This is like writing graffiti on a bathroom wall, only it is a lot [...]

Teaching with blogs

Posted: 24 June 2004 by Kathy E. Gill in Blogs

It seems logical to me that blogging is a tool that could be used to improve writing in the classroom. And I tried it spring quarter with not enough thought, perhaps, because the results were uneven. I’ve been looking around the net for ideas on how to integrate blogs into the classroom, because I want [...]