At this brainstorming session, we also thought of ways to use blogs on the rest of the campus. Here's what we came up with:
- A used book exchange for students - this is my favorite example, since students are forever complaining about the high cost of textbooks (who can blame them?!). This actually might work better in a wiki format...
- Electronic soapbox for students
- Speaker’s bureau
- Humanizing college administration – students leave comments on administrative blogs, administrators respond
- Virtual focus group
- Research sharing among faculty
- Lists of special events/campus activities/alumni events
- Lists of off-campus events/socializing opportunities
- Marketing for potential students
- Neighborhood & campus construction updates (process, pictures)
- Job/volunteer/service opportunities
- Student groups
- Combination with courseware
- Alumni blog
- Want list for donations (create a list so that people can donate items you need)
- Campus news
- Student international experience – post pictures, keep a journal
- Comments on classes, rating classes (rate your prof-type thing)
- Collaborative work – faculty, student, committee, alumni
- Diary of a first year student
- Information about recruiters coming to campus
- A blog about research activities in a specific area – areas where research is needed and students should think about doing a paper on that topic, etc.
- Faculty members blogging about more than just their particular discipline – diversifies their interests
- Human subjects blog to discuss the grey area issues with doing research using human subjects
- University town hall: President, deans, etc write on it. parking, policies, etc
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