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Blogging for fame and fortune
Saturday, 30 December 2006
There are plenty of reasons for academics to get involved with blogging, many of which have graced the posts of BlogScholar over the past year. Fame and celebrity tends to be near the bottom of the list but all that may be about to change. There was that Deloitte report we blogged on that spoke of superpower professors lecturing to million online, the Google bombing attempt to promote an independent Egyptian voice, and of course the academic who was chosen to follow the Dixie Chicks around on tour. But the fleeting footprints in the sand of blogging could become more like imprints on Hollywood Boulevard. Just ask Tyler Cowen. Or the growing trends in research: “Blogs are having a major impact on research, since they allow sharing of interim results, provisional findings, new but untested ideas, and many of the ingredients of creative thinking”. If you want to get started on your own celebrity blogging life maybe you should start by investing sometime looking at the thoughts of others in return for a few furtive glances at your own work.
Censoring Blogs
Wednesday, 20 December 2006
Slowly but surely academics and idea merchants are adding voices to the blogosphere choir and the more the merrier as far as Blogscholar is concerned. But everyone who decides to not just read but write online has to deal with subjective and specific challenges. In the UK over one in ten head teachers of primary and secondary schools are dabbling in blogs but concerns remain over suffering the ridicule of pupils or staff. In Iran bloggers are testing the tolerance of a regime that has recently banned YouTube from the online airwaves while Turkey struggles to deal with the emerging media. In response academics at the University of Toronto are working on technologies to counter online censorship anywhere in the world. Meanwhile in Russia where journalism is as dangerous a profession as eating at London sushi restaurants bloggers are going where few have dared to tread.
Joining social networks
Monday, 04 December 2006
Teaching academics are finding it useful to join social networks like Facebook and MySpace, populated by their students.  Advantages cited at James Madison University include better connections with student lives, keeping touch with people you are trying to help, allowing students to gain insight into your broader interests, ease of contact and communication, keeping in touch with alumni, and putting names to faces in the classroom.

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