blogging research from tom mackey

Technorati.com, the blog search engine just published its annual State of the Blogosphere 2008:
http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/
and Top 100 Blogs: http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/

First Monday is an excellent Web-Based peer-reviewed journal (well respected in information-related fields):
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/ (please note the available podcasts)

Webology (open-access journal):
Webology: Volume 5, Number 2, 2008
TOC: http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n2/toc.html

_Inside Higher Ed_ Oct. 2 2008

Interview with authors of Born Digital: Understanding the First
Generation of Digital Natives

Understanding Students Who Were 'Born Digital'

[ http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/02/digital ]

Here's info on a conference...
12th International Conference on Business Information Systems
BIS 2009

Poznań, Poland
April 27-29, 2009

http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/12th_bis/cfw.php?i=63

Young Women’s leadership

http://www.tywls.org/   Young Women's Leadership School 105 East 106th Street New York, NY 10029 212-289-7593 Admissions policy: Selective Grade levels: 7-12 Graduation rate:  Not yet available Enrollment: 360 Class size: 20-25 Ethnicity: 2% W, 18% B, 78% H, 2% A Average SATs:  Not yet available Free lunch: 100%

Founded in 1996 as one of the country's few all-girl public schools, Young Women's Leadership School has quickly gained a reputation as a no-nonsense bastion of academically challenging college prep for girls who believe they can do better without the distraction and competition of having boys in their classes.

 

http://www.girlsinc.org/news/press-releases/p2-1-29.html

Girls Inc. AND THE NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION EMPOWER GIRLS TO BECOME LEADERS

http://www.ywlfoundation.org/news_media.htm

he Young Women's Leadership Network has been featured in the press since the inception of our first single-sex school in 1996. A list of relevant articles is provided below:

Ann Tisch, Founder

"100 Women who shape our city", The New York Daily News, April 24, 2004, by Michele Ingrassia. "Making the Grade", Avenue Magazine, July/August 2003, by Jill Brooke. "Power of One", O Magazine, October 2001, by Joe Dolce. http://www.oprah.com/uyl/omag/uyl_omag_200110_tisch.jhtml "Call Her an Advocate, Not an Aristocrat", The New York Times, Public Lives section, December 1, 1999, by Anemona Hartocollis. "3 Women in the Men's Club Wield Money and Influence", The New York Times, November 17, 1999, by Karen Stabiner.

 http://www.ywlcs.org/

omen's Leadership Charter School of Chicago provides a challenging curriculum in a small school environment which nurtures girls' self-confidence and optimism and inspires them to achieve in math, science, and technology.

Web 2.0 summary of info from NACADA Conference

Using second life to build community for distance ed students -
tinyurl.com/4h2du7
50% drop lack of connection community
Online community see utube what is online community - that is the biggest video collaboration by a community