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Campus Blogging at the Re-Imagine Media Awards

Kenney Jacob — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:24:11 +0000

Re-Imagine Media awards are given to innovative approaches for inspiring a better world through media and technology. There are 352 nominations from 47 countries. Campus Blogging Network is also participating.

Visit the competition entry page here.

Please go through it and post your comments there itself about the project. Post any queries you have about the project there and I will answer it promptly.Similar Posts:

An Honest Report on Campus Bloggers Meet

Kenney Jacob — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:28:11 +0000

Is blogging an easy task? Is it for everybody? What are the basics that one needs to know before he sets foot in this mysterious world of words, programming and search engine optimization??

Well, the answers would be: yes, yes, and nothing that can’t be handled in one session by the campus blogging team.
A handful of blogger wannabes and beginner bloggers assembled at the Mind Parlor, Ponnurunni, on 19th October, for precisely this purpose. Though, initially, there was a fear that perhaps the experts would outnumber the students two to one, a couple of late arrivals set an even field for the event.

It all started out with Kenney’s description of the campus blogging initiative. The opportunities and the benefits of having such a programme were discussed at length. There were also sporadic discussions of the possible interpretations of the campus blogging logo. The three sites which have already embraced the revolution are progressing along nicely, Sree Buddha College’s ‘vosree.com’ deserving special mention.

Seeing vosree.com, one gets the distinct feeling of being within a campus. The motorcycle diaries, the lab stories, the pranks and the trivial comments all go a long way in setting the environment. All in all, probably a must have for every college. A campus outside a campus. Though, the advantage of this one being, you can never get suspended or dismissed, you will only get banned. 

Then it was Anand’s turn to take the floor and try to impress the newbies with WordPress talk. The blogging platform is one of the most popular, and has been catching on like wild fire since its launch. The most spectacular feature of WordPress probably lies in the amount of customization that it is capable of undergoing. Whatever the blogger’s needs maybe, there is a good chance that you he might find a plugin already there, all set to do the job for him. Given the features, the platform’s success and popularity are no real surprise.

Then it was time to look at the technology that drives the entire system. The servers that host the platform, and the people who take care of the servers. (Forgot the name. Sorry) took the assembled on a lightning tour of the nuances of the entire process, astonishing some, confusing many, and boring one. 

That finished off a day where a lot of people got to learn a lot of stuff, and some took the opportunity to show off with what knowledge they had of the blogging world. But, the true achievement of the day was not just that. The true achievement was the formation of a support group that has the potential of educating more in the future.

The effort is on already to outnumber the trainers by a substantial number for the next meeting, to ensure that they do not show off as much as they had the luxury of doing this time. Hope you will be there with us then as well. Counting on it. See ya!!

Report By :- Jithin KrishnanSimilar Posts:

Discovering Talent Every Day

Kenney Jacob — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:44:48 +0000

This is the new tag line for Campus Blogging.

“Campus Blogging – Discovering Talent Every Day”

This is exactly what we are doing. Everyday students are coming up with new content, they are challenging themselves to create something new, something they would not have done, if not for this opportunity.

A new poet is born

Teacher Student Relationship

Interview with toppers

To know more about campus blogging and join the network of campus blogs, visit www.campusblogs.orgSimilar Posts:

My School is the First School in Kerala To Have a Campus Blog

Kenney Jacob — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:34:35 +0000

Ever since we started promoting campus blogging as the future of Campus publishing we have been getting some good response from various educational institutions. I admit that we faced some skepticism also from some institutions, typical Kerala mentality.

Now the good news is that my own school has launched its blog under the campus blogging initiative. Now when my school does it, it has to be grand. The Inauguration ceremony coincided with the inauguration of the Zonal CBSE schools youth festival which my school is hosting this year. Two ministers and a bishop came of the inauguration.

The blog named SkpsBytes is already full of content from the youth festival. Its the official place to find updated information about the youth festival. In the future it will be the place to watch for to know what SKPSians are upto.

Happy Blogging Friends !!!!Similar Posts:

Seminar About Blogging in Mar Baselios Christian College

Kenney Jacob — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:48:48 +0000

Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering & Technology, Peermade, Kerala, is a private sector institution for professional education, affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and accredited by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The institution focuses on offering baccalaureate degree programs in various Engineering streams. The College is owned and managed by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The college has gone through a steady path of growth and quality up-gradation ever since its establishment in the year 2001. The emphasis on teaching excellence and an increasingly high proportion of faculty and students residing in the campus itself help MBC to emerge as one of the best fully residential Engineering colleges in Kerala.

The seminar is about blogging and Ill hope to baptize a few students and staff there. Ill also be pushing the campus blogging concept there. I am very much thrilled about this one cos the government also offically supported the blogging as tool to be used in education.

Ill be publishing the Presentation in another post after the seminar. Right now I am modifying it.Similar Posts: