What advice wouldn't I give them?
That was a joke. Sort of.
I think I would start off by telling them that they should make it a requirement for each and every professor to set up a blackboard for their classes. It is there, and it is useful, so why not take advantage of it? It also makes it easier for the students. But if professors are not going to use it, what is the point?
Next, I would actually tell them to set up a blog or a wiki in which students can voice their opinions about Baruch or some of the issues they have regarding the school. It is a big school and the administration obviously doesn't have time to listen to every student, so something online to serve that purpose would be great.
I also this the school should urge their professors to have a wiki for each class ( in addition or instead of blackboard). I have learned thus far in CIS that wikis are great tools, so why should they be limited to courses in new media? Let's expand.
I think there are a lot of things that Baruch can try... but in the meantime you can download their iPad app.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Twitter Post
This is beautiful.
With the use of Twitter, we could have an interactive class discussion. It is true that we can use Blackboard to have such a discussion but it is not the same. Twitter is optimal for things like this because it's fast and it's easy.
Blackboard takes you through a whole process to leave a comment and you have to go through all the post separately and reply. Here you can be conversing on multiple topics for everyone to see when they open Twitter. Not to mention most people have iPhones or Blackberries and they can follow and contribute to the conversation right from their phone.
It is fast. You only use 140 characters, you make your point and interact with classmates. Also you could add a hashtag, to taylor the conversation.
I don't know if Twitter is better than an in class discussion but it is a different dynamic. Usually college classes are rather big and with everyone trying to get their opinions in, those less aggressive ones get pushed aside. Also, not everyone is comfortable saying exactly what they want in front of a whole classroom. But Twitter, like the rest of the virtual world, sets up that vail between people that adds a higher level of comfort.
Blackboard takes you through a whole process to leave a comment and you have to go through all the post separately and reply. Here you can be conversing on multiple topics for everyone to see when they open Twitter. Not to mention most people have iPhones or Blackberries and they can follow and contribute to the conversation right from their phone.
It is fast. You only use 140 characters, you make your point and interact with classmates. Also you could add a hashtag, to taylor the conversation.
I don't know if Twitter is better than an in class discussion but it is a different dynamic. Usually college classes are rather big and with everyone trying to get their opinions in, those less aggressive ones get pushed aside. Also, not everyone is comfortable saying exactly what they want in front of a whole classroom. But Twitter, like the rest of the virtual world, sets up that vail between people that adds a higher level of comfort.
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