Welcome to ODU 366 Class Blog!

This blog has been created for the class of "Public Journalism in the Digital Age" taught by Dr. Jinsun Lee in the Spring semester of 2011 at Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA. Each student will develop his/her own blog and network with bloggers.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

In-Class Writing on Feb. 25

1. Visit Technorati (www.technorati.com) and Digg (www.digg.com).
2. Compare the rating system of each site. In what ways does each site evaluate content (or blog)?
3. On the top menu, click the area in which you are most interested. (Technology, business, entertainment…). Find out the top three posts (or blogs) in the area.
4. What do you think about the quality of the top three content on Technorati and Digg. Discuss the effectiveness of the rating systems.
5. Post your writing on the class blog. (odu366.blogspot.com)
6. If you don’t finish in class, you can post your writing by Friday, Feb. 26.

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