Blog roundup

Here is a quick roundup of some of the blog posts from your classmates. As I mentioned earlier, I'd like to see you begin linking to blog posts written by your classmates.

First, Elizabeth has a thoughtful blog post on Twitter use and the distinctions between Facebook and Twitter within the social media ecosystem. At this point, it's still fair to say that teens are tweeting, but many of them have moved on to more visually stimulating (or less visible) social media services such as Snapchat, Instagram, and Vine (which I discussed in an interview with Raleigh News and Observer writer Craig Lindsey). Some are also creating animated GIFs, and others make what are called image macros (these circulate on Facebook and are incredibly easy to make).

Second, Dena has a discussion of a great project idea for using wikis in her criminal justice class, which reminded me of a similar project I used to profile: The I-35 Bridge Project. This wiki collected resources on the bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 and ended up being a tool used by a number of local organizations during that rebuilding project. Dama D also discusses her plans for incorporating a wiki project into one of her classes.

Finally, G. Grooms addresses the debate about cyberbullying and points out that it's a far more complex issue than we might hear in some media outlets.