e-poche.net

For his senior project, EAC student, John Grillo, is undertaking a 9-credit experiential study in Blogging and Online Journalism.  He writes:

I am pursuing this study because I want to see a change in the way
people see the world. Perhaps I might be able to set an example for
others and start the ball rolling toward the kind of changes I want to
see happen during the course of this study. In this respect, the
personal and social significance of this project are quite similar. I
am trying to become the citizen journalist which I theorize could have
a major impact on the global community. I want to set myself up as a
kind of example for how an individual, though the support gained from
his interdependence, can be a positive, creative, and unifying force in
the larger community. I wonder if this new way of information
distribution could lead to an new understanding of what it means to
possess what Lessig calls common culture. If we teach ourselves with
this new technology can we rediscover ourselves? What will happen to
society, both on- and off-line, if we learn how to teach ourselves?  Read more…

In conjunction with getting his hands dirty by running his own blog, Logical Explosion, he has also started an open learning journal to document his progress, called LogicalLive,
which he has dedicated to the public domain. In addition to
reading works by Lessig, Blood, Gillmor, and Reingold; and
following the blogs of Ito, Richardson, Greenspun, and Owens; John gets the privilege of having his final work reviewed by James Farmer. 
What more could a college student ask for?  I’m sure he’d
appreciate feedback, suggestions, or criticisms.   Way to go
John!