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Public Blog Nominees

November 10th, 2007 at 01:01pm Deen Freelon Permalink

As a step toward getting the public side of the blog up and running, I have compiled several examples of posts that I think would be of interest to others doing similar work to engage youth civically. Each of the posts below gets at some issue or issues that are not specific to our circumstances. It would be great if you all could offer your opinions on these posts as well as nominate your own in comments. Remember that my list is not comprehensive; that is, a given post’s absence doesn’t mean I think it shouldn’t go public.

Also, I wanted to float the following idea that came to me while going over all the posts: does anyone see any material that we definitely would not want outsiders to see? What I’m getting at is that it seems like the vast majority of posts would be useful for the public blog on some level. What do people think about dropping the password protection and dissolving the public/private distinction entirely? It would make using the blog much easier as well as render moot the selection process for making things public. Let me know what you think in comments.

Chris T’s service learning proposal

Toby’s partnership plan 11/6/07

Lance’s Images of Citizenship and Design Decisions

Chris W’s Model for Future BC Involvement with PSO

Adri’s Reflecting on Teamwork

Toby’s PSO Overall Learning Goals

Toby’s Partnership Proposal 10/18

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3 Comments Add your own

1. Lance Bennett | November 12th, 2007 at 7:42 am

Thanks Deen,

These are interesting candidates for the public blog.

I have not read them all as yet, but think that several need another pass before they have enough context to be of interest to others not involved in the project.

However, I do think that Chris Tugwell’s service learning proposal is ready for prime time, and perhaps my piece on design and visions of citizenship, and Adri’s on the teamwork trade-offs.

This said, let’s see what others think, and then decide when is the best time to launch this.

I think that January when the Mac Project takes off would be perfect.

Other ideas???

Lance
2. Deen Freelon | November 12th, 2007 at 5:19 pm

Hey, sounds good to me. I think I’ll start a page where we can keep track of posts we think are strong public candidates, for easy access once we get the public blog going.
3. Toby Campbell | November 15th, 2007 at 10:12 am

Deen, I think these are good selections. Some of the proposals will continue to evolve, but if we want to make our process somewhat visible, they will help do that. Thanks for putting them together!