blogs, Higher Education, NACADA Tech Seminar 2009

Advisors Who Blog.

Interested in getting your advising message out to students quickly? Looking to provide insight & tips for students? Want to be a master of your web content?

Well you CAN! Many advisors are blogging their content for student advisees. This is a quick method of information distribution and a great way to “stay in touch” with students.

Thanks goes out to Joshua Gaynor (from Columbia University) who prompted an inquiry about other advising blogs and here’s just a few I started archiving on my wiki:

These are just a few, and I know that there are LOTS more where they come from. If you are an advisor/office/student uses blogs for academic advising, I would LOVE for you to post a comment with your blog. If you are not an advisor, but still blog in higher education be sure to check out a previous post about bloggers in the profession.

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Are Blogs Old News?

Just as I sit down to post something new & exciting on this blog, I stumble open an interesting article from Wired magazine which questions how “now” blogs really are.  The journalist goes on to say that the Top 100 blogs are beginning to look more like online magazines, rather than tradition blogs.

In reading more into this article, the main concern is that blogging does require a certain skill-set & knack for attracting readers.  It argues that social online tools, i.e. Facebook, Twitter & Flickr, put all online users on an equal foot. 

Check out some “experts” in the blog field to gain further insights on how YOU can begin blogging or become a better blogger: