SUNY New Paltz: npbloggersnpbloggers.newpaltz.edu
SUNY New Paltz: npbloggersnpbloggers.newpaltz.edu
Rachel ReubenDirector of Web Communication & Strategic
Projects
npbloggersJessica Green & Audra Berryann
Rachel ReubenDirector of Web Communication & Strategic
Projects
npbloggersJessica Green & Audra Berryann
Compelling Reasons to BlogCompelling Reasons to Blog• 19% of online teens keep a blog & 38% read them
• girls age 15-17 are more likely to blog; 25% of girls this age have one
•7% of adult Internet users have their own blog & 27% read themPEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT 11/2/05
Implementation & SelectionImplementation & Selection• Office of Public Affairs initiative, Oct. 2005
• Selected 7 students (sophomores, juniors & seniors)
•All students were cleared through StudentAffairs office (no judicial files)
Implementation & SelectionImplementation & Selection• Worked with Study Abroad office tosimultaneously launch abroadblogs
Software/HardwareSoftware/Hardware
• WordPress on existing Linux server
• npbloggers.newpaltz.edu, abroadblogs.newpaltz.edu & my.newpaltz.edu/blog reside on the same server; three separate instances of WordPress running different themes
TrainingTraining• 1 hour in computer lab, taught WordPress
• Provide articles about blogging
• Reviewed guidelines
• Signed contract• See: http://www.newpaltz.edu/blogs/packet.pdf
Contract & RewardsContract & Rewards
• Guidelines & Tips/Contract (approved by Ellen Messina, SUNY Counsel)
• Palm Zire 72 w/ built-in camera & voice recorder
• 1 gig memory card
• leather case
• conditions apply to keep these!
• Eight new students selected for 2006-07academic year, will begin week before fall semester starts
• Considering selecting a first-year student during summer orientation
npbloggers: The next generationnpbloggers: The next generation
Media Coverage & FeedbackMedia Coverage & Feedback• Oct. 2005-May 2006: 177 posts, 166 comments
• Comments:
Media Coverage & FeedbackMedia Coverage & Feedback
Visitors per monthVisitors per month
November ‘05: 5,940
December ‘05: 6,296
January ‘06: 7,230
February ‘06: 6,929
March ‘06: 7,083
April ‘06: 8,933
May ‘06: 12,120
More blogs . . .More blogs . . .
• We’re also using a blog as a communication tool for our Banner andmy.newpaltz.edu conversion project
npbloggers: Audra & Jessnpbloggers: Audra & Jess
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