Blogging Class Heroes

»The Impact of the Internet on American Society« is the title of the class I'm currently teaching at Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany. As for me, this is a good reason to set up this blog after reading Weblogs on a regular basis for almost two years. It is also a good reason to do all this nerdy stuff try a more academic approach to the usage of Weblogs in class. Writing, reading, and communication on class projects—here, blog technology could proof to be useful especially when it comes to a more continous and collaborative work over the course of the whole semester. Though »traditional« e-learning platforms or tools (wikis!) might be somewhat more efficient, I really hope students will gain some valuable real world experience on the topics we will discuss in class. Therefore, all students are required to start their own blogs. And since most of them apparently didn't know anything about blogs a few days ago, the whole in-class-blogosphere-
under-real-world-conditions might turn ot to be a risky experiment indeed. At least, the blogs won't be hosted on university servers, so I won't be responsible for any technical or even legal complications ...

[Update]
The most critical student in class was the first one who set up his own blog