Comments for Caught in the Web http://powerofpin.wordpress.com Crossing the online frontier, one site at a time Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Final post pt. 2 by brian carroll http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/final-post-pt-2/#comment-38 brian carroll Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:21:53 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/final-post-pt-2/#comment-38 Thanks, Ryan, for the thoughtful post. You raise some valuable questions and make good suggestions. I've thought much about multimedia. It's a pedagogical challenge, as you know. Some folks -- most, really -- come into the course with no experience at all with audio or video or even a blog. Heck, many come in not knowing what a blog is or that it can actually contribute to democratic discourse. So the range you mention is a real challenge. Same on journalism. While you hunger for more -- and I realize the journalism assignment hit you at about the ankles -- others feel it's too much. I've already read a summative, evaluative post to this effect. So I have to choose and go with it. The readings I constantly, ceaselessly evaluate. Good theory is hard to find. Yes, you should definitely think about the professorship. Your approach on the boards has been that of an educator, and you have the curiosity that would flourish in academia. (We're not doing it for the money!) So, by all means, pursue this and let me know how I can help. Bringing folks along, mentoring is THE greatest joy of this profession. (It sure as heck ain't the grading!) Thanks, Ryan, for the thoughtful post. You raise some valuable questions and make good suggestions.

I’ve thought much about multimedia. It’s a pedagogical challenge, as you know. Some folks — most, really — come into the course with no experience at all with audio or video or even a blog. Heck, many come in not knowing what a blog is or that it can actually contribute to democratic discourse. So the range you mention is a real challenge.

Same on journalism. While you hunger for more — and I realize the journalism assignment hit you at about the ankles — others feel it’s too much. I’ve already read a summative, evaluative post to this effect. So I have to choose and go with it.

The readings I constantly, ceaselessly evaluate. Good theory is hard to find.

Yes, you should definitely think about the professorship. Your approach on the boards has been that of an educator, and you have the curiosity that would flourish in academia. (We’re not doing it for the money!) So, by all means, pursue this and let me know how I can help. Bringing folks along, mentoring is THE greatest joy of this profession. (It sure as heck ain’t the grading!)

]]> Comment on Week 9: The Young Alumni Network by Module 13: Tar Nation « Caught in the Web http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/week-9-the-young-alumni-network/#comment-26 Module 13: Tar Nation « Caught in the Web Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:10:36 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/week-9-the-young-alumni-network/#comment-26 [...] November 26, 2007 by rctuck1224 I have created at least a beta version of my young UNC alumni network Web site, now called Tar Nation. With this assignment, I wanted to do more than some simple writings, though I have plenty on the site. I wanted to create an interactive site of interest to young alumni. And even though it’s beta, there’s a lot there. I think this site could be very viable, especially for the audience I outlined in my proposal. [...] [...] November 26, 2007 by rctuck1224 I have created at least a beta version of my young UNC alumni network Web site, now called Tar Nation. With this assignment, I wanted to do more than some simple writings, though I have plenty on the site. I wanted to create an interactive site of interest to young alumni. And even though it’s beta, there’s a lot there. I think this site could be very viable, especially for the audience I outlined in my proposal. [...]

]]> Comment on Live blog: Patriots v. Colts by bdishman http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-23 bdishman Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:01:06 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-23 Ryan, you've given a very detailed, almost minute-by-minute report. Good job! Like you, I struggled with whether or not to present my assignment with the most recent posting first. I'm glad to see that you did yours just like I did mine. Ryan, you’ve given a very detailed, almost minute-by-minute report. Good job! Like you, I struggled with whether or not to present my assignment with the most recent posting first. I’m glad to see that you did yours just like I did mine.

]]> Comment on Live blog: Patriots v. Colts by rctuck1224 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-22 rctuck1224 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:55:55 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-22 Thanks for the comment, Randy. Yep, a true live blog, though I did some editing and hyperlinking later. It's tough to do it all that quick. ;-) Ryan. Thanks for the comment, Randy.

Yep, a true live blog, though I did some editing and hyperlinking later. It’s tough to do it all that quick. ;-)

Ryan.

]]> Comment on Live blog: Patriots v. Colts by Randy Burton http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-21 Randy Burton Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:59:21 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-21 Ryan: What a key play-by-play, almost minute-by-minute report. I take it this was a true live blog and that you had internet access at Buffalo Wild Wings? I wish I had had internet access for my event. Thanks for your comments. Ryan:
What a key play-by-play, almost minute-by-minute report. I take it this was a true live blog and that you had internet access at Buffalo Wild Wings?
I wish I had had internet access for my event. Thanks for your comments.

]]> Comment on Live blog: Patriots v. Colts by rctuck1224 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-20 rctuck1224 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:28:00 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-20 Thanks for the comment, Karen. I'm glad they enjoyed it. I think most of America was watching the game, which is why I wanted to take it in and to share the experience. What fun it was! Thanks for the comment, Karen. I’m glad they enjoyed it. I think most of America was watching the game, which is why I wanted to take it in and to share the experience.

What fun it was!

]]> Comment on Live blog: Patriots v. Colts by Karen http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-19 Karen Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:04:37 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/live-blog-patriots-v-colts/#comment-19 Ryan, my daughters were excited to see your blog -- my husband made them watch that same game with him! : ) Ryan, my daughters were excited to see your blog — my husband made them watch that same game with him! : )

]]> Comment on Observations by Live blog: Patriots v. Colts « Caught in the Web http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/observations/#comment-18 Live blog: Patriots v. Colts « Caught in the Web Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:47:05 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/observations/#comment-18 [...] 4th, 2007 by rctuck1224 My thoughts on the experience will be attached in a separate post. Also, I thought you’d like to see a live blog post I “coached” the other day [...] [...] 4th, 2007 by rctuck1224 My thoughts on the experience will be attached in a separate post. Also, I thought you’d like to see a live blog post I “coached” the other day [...]

]]> Comment on Week 9: The Young Alumni Network by brian carroll http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/week-9-the-young-alumni-network/#comment-17 brian carroll Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:17:47 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/week-9-the-young-alumni-network/#comment-17 ryan, i looked back at my notes and found absolutely nothing. so, from scratch here, here goes: I do like your responses to my concerns and questions, and i find your answers quite plausible. I especially liked the plans to leverage social networking sites where young alumni are likely to be congregating already. Of course collaborating with GAA makes sense, and it should be welcomed by GAA provided it isn't turned into sausage by bureaucracy and turf issues. The expansion of FAQs is good, though I'm not sure you need to explain rather mundane terms like RSS and social networking, particularly given your relatively young audience. Finally, any plan or method to give young Heels ownership of the site, to leverage the affinity we have with the university and its mission, will be rewarded, and I see you do have plans to do that. That's all I can think of; the plan looks solid. I'm saving this entry just in case ... ryan, i looked back at my notes and found absolutely nothing. so, from scratch here, here goes:

I do like your responses to my concerns and questions, and i find your answers quite plausible.

I especially liked the plans to leverage social networking sites where young alumni are likely to be congregating already. Of course collaborating with GAA makes sense, and it should be welcomed by GAA provided it isn’t turned into sausage by bureaucracy and turf issues.

The expansion of FAQs is good, though I’m not sure you need to explain rather mundane terms like RSS and social networking, particularly given your relatively young audience.

Finally, any plan or method to give young Heels ownership of the site, to leverage the affinity we have with the university and its mission, will be rewarded, and I see you do have plans to do that.

That’s all I can think of; the plan looks solid. I’m saving this entry just in case …

]]> Comment on Week 9: The Young Alumni Network by rctuck1224 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/week-9-the-young-alumni-network/#comment-16 rctuck1224 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:30:06 +0000 http://powerofpin.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/week-9-the-young-alumni-network/#comment-16 test test

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