You are hired by Baruch College to use new media to improve the College. What are some suggestions you would make using new media?
The main success new mediums have over any any other type of technology is its ease of use and its convenient accessibility. This blog, for example, can be viewed by almost anyone, and can be commented to those who are allowed. And it is this type of freedom of expression that truly is missing from Baruch College. For all the weekly newsletters and meetings the student body has, how much does it truly represent the school as a whole? One thing to improve the accessibility of students to be more outspoken about our college is to use an open blog, available to only Baruch students, and monitored by another group of students so that those who spam the blog can be removed. It is the best way to share ideas and be more hands on to the goings on of our college.
Another great implementation we could use is a Twitter handle that is more used. I believe Baruch has a Twitter handle- but the majority of students do not know about it. We need to get our student body more involved, and the best way of going about that is to use the new, advanced new mediums that allow interchanges of ideas and opinions. Currently, from what I can tell, there is no medium that does that, and allowing this to happen will make a huge step into making the college a more involved place.
The main success new mediums have over any any other type of technology is its ease of use and its convenient accessibility. This blog, for example, can be viewed by almost anyone, and can be commented to those who are allowed. And it is this type of freedom of expression that truly is missing from Baruch College. For all the weekly newsletters and meetings the student body has, how much does it truly represent the school as a whole? One thing to improve the accessibility of students to be more outspoken about our college is to use an open blog, available to only Baruch students, and monitored by another group of students so that those who spam the blog can be removed. It is the best way to share ideas and be more hands on to the goings on of our college.
Another great implementation we could use is a Twitter handle that is more used. I believe Baruch has a Twitter handle- but the majority of students do not know about it. We need to get our student body more involved, and the best way of going about that is to use the new, advanced new mediums that allow interchanges of ideas and opinions. Currently, from what I can tell, there is no medium that does that, and allowing this to happen will make a huge step into making the college a more involved place.
I think this is a great idea. It will really allow the voices and opinions of students be heard. It can encourage students to be more involved in school. Also, it can be a great place to generate ideas to improve our student life on campus.
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