Rockin’ Blogging 202...

Today was our “Blogging 202″ session down at ASBA. Check out my class notes! Brent rocked it today! Woo-hoo! I think this is the last week of “blogging month,” which is what I’ve called March, 2007. I think we’re making next month our official Podcasting...

Breakfast & PodCamAZ...

Brent and I had breakfast and coffee with Steven Groves this week. Check out our conversation, from Steven’s perspective in a March 21st posting called “PodCampAZ and Brent Spore.” Here’s a little ‘clip’ from his post: [Brent] told me about the ‘PodCamp UnConference‘ concept, called a ‘PodCamp’. Once he shared the idea, I became interested in the PodCamp Phoenix event he was starting to organize and I offered to see how I could support him in it, primarily because I too am a social media enthusiast. I’ll...

Media Literacy – part 3...

Splendidlittleblog has a small, intermittent series on Media Literacy, for which I attempt to maintain. Today I was reading another post by Andy Carvin, one of my fast-becoming-favorite bloggers on the subject of education and media. He had the opportunity to interview Dan Rather at the South By Southwest conference that happened this month. (Brent & I are kicking ourselves that we didn’t make time to attend!) Carvin discussed with Rather “the role of media literacy in terms of helping people recognize the difference between online resources that are...

Is social media the enemy?...

Below is the beginning of PBS blogger Andy Carvin’s thoughts on “Generation Me,” and a subsequent link to read the rest of his post. He got the idea for his article based on an Associated Press investigation done using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory on college students. One of the researchers, Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University, concluded that, “Current technology fuels the increase in narcissism… By its very name, MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube.” Twenge also blamed the “self-esteem...

St. Patrick’s Day...

Well, it’s that time of year again to celebrate the heritage of millions of Americans. I’ll be wearing green tomorrow, but that’s the extent of it! Check out the History Channel’s write up on St. Patrick. That’s right! We’re actually celebrating the life of an Irish Christian who decided to return to a land that had enslaved him, to share God’s love. I find that...