First published on: Dec 23, 2008
It’s been a semester now since I blogged for JSOnline as “Curious David.” Much has happened since then. Carroll College has been renamed Carroll University (I still fail to find compelling reasons for the change). I’ve taught Web 2.0 Tools in a Freshman Seminar, and I’m seriously considering retiring from College teaching.
I’ve given a lot of thought to which blog authoring tool I want to use. I’ve heard good things about WordPress (endorsed by Jane Hart) and Blogger (which I taught my freshmen) — both are free. However, partly out of the high respect I hold Jane Hart in, I’ve decided to freelance using the basic version of the software she uses, Typepad. I like the “look” of it and its ease of use.
I must be able to blog easily across operating systems. Tonight I am writing this on my Mac. When I next sit down, I’ll try writing something from my PC. I was also attracted to the ease with which TypePad “ports” blogs to Facebook, since an increasing number of alumni are using that social network — sometimes to monitor their children!
I find this interesting and would have to agree with the name change from Carroll College to Carroll University. I transferred to Carroll from Marquette University in which I feel far more fits the profile of a University. I find it hard to feel that the institution of Carroll, in which I greatly appreciate the small class size and atmosphere, to be considered a university in light of its lack of graduate programs that are typically associated with the average university.