Pat’s talking about digital paper and how Web logs change the dynamic when teaching, especially with writing. Presenting your writing is embedded into Web logs. And understanding how the process that bloggers go through is similar to the process that real people go through in almost everything they do. The Web log just makes that process more transparent.

May not be able to see it, but the eBn Website is up on screen. Pat is doing a great job of making the point that access and fairness is a real issue. And one interesting observation made by someone is that literally 99% of attendees are white, and the vast majority of them are male. Pretty interesting.
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The early quote of the conference so far: “I don’t think we know what journalism will be like when every reader is also a writer.” –Jay Rosen head of the NYU dpt. and author of Press Think.

The implications for journalism are evident, but the implications for education are huge as well. A lot of discussion about the ways in which Web logs are changing the dynamic for journalists. But think about how, if Web logs grow in number and stature, we’ll need to change the definition of what it means to be media literate. The idea of interactive consumption of information is a pretty staggering change from the way we look at media literacy now.

In general, the first panel with Glenn Reynolds, Josh Marshall, and Scott Rosenberg was really excellent. Pat’s up next…
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