A faculty member has set up a blog for her class. All students in the class are Authors.
She would like to engage writers in conversation with the students on the topic of: Why Do People Write? This is the title of the blog. She envisions the conversation spanning several years and classes. What she would like to have happen is that the students will communicate with various writers whom they admire, ask them why they write and post their responses. Then will the students comment?
Some thoughts:
- How can students engage the writers?
- How can students drive traffic to the blog?
This is an interesting case because this particular faculty member has historically kept very tight control over her class blogs. With this one, the fact that she is interested in opening up the blog to public comment, that she is interested in drawing readers from the public at large, shows a great deal of growth.