This is a great idea, Tania. I think blogs are a good way to map out issues that you may want to explore further in a different format, or as a research project. There is a good blog site attached to the NTCE newsletter. Here is the address for the newsletter: NCTE Inbox <[log in to unmask]> If you scroll down you can reach the blog site. Theresa.
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From: Tania Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:38 am
Subject: New blog on Rhetoric in Higher Education & Society
To: [log in to unmask]
> Greetings, colleagues -- & apologies for cross posting
>
> Some of you may be interested in my brand new "Rhetoric in
> Higher
> Education & Society" blog. I started this weekend with a
> bang: about
> 18-20 short articles to choose from --
> http://edurhetor.wordpress.com
> But I'm not just writing to promote my own blog, but to
> encourage good
> quality rhetoric-blogging in general.
>
> And so ...
>
> 1. Please let me know of other good Rhetoric
> / Discourse blogs I can
> selectively link to ... especially others
> that provide commentary
> and insight into Canadian and International
> rhetoric, not just
> American rhetoric. I would like to see
> how others blog on rhetoric
> so as to improve my own technique & be more
> useful, insightful and
> readable.
>
> 2. If any of you (or a graduate student or
> colleague) has an
> interest in maintaining an active rhetoric
> blog with me, I am also
> open to persuasion on the idea of co-
> authoring / co-administering
> this or another blog, much like The Blogora
> <http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/> of the
> Rhetoric Society of America.
> It would broaden out the rhetorical
> perspectives on rhetoric in
> such immense realms as "higher education" and
> / or "society." And
> it is easier to keep momentum & interest &
> quality dialogue going in
> a blog when there is more than one author.
>
> None of us has that much time to read blogs nowadays. But
> if a blog is
> at least good enough to attract a few people's interest and
> provoke
> thought, it might be useful inspiration for teaching, learning,
> research, and our everyday practice of rhetoric.
>
> Also, good quality reader-comments on a blog can help its
> authors to
> improve its quality even further. Hopefully a little blog-
> dialogue will
> inspire others to contribute their own material for discussion
> in a
> public forum. Some blog entries may even develop further
> as drafts for
> articles and book chapters in more formal publications.
>
>
> --
> Tania S. Smith
> Assistant Professor
> Faculty of Communication & Culture
> University of Calgary
> http://www.ucalgary.ca/~smit
>
>
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