Blum Center News: #GlobalPOV Encourages Students To Become Public Scholars

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The #GlobalPOV Project’s in-class tweeting component was covered in the Fall 2012 edition of the Blum Center newsletter. In the article, writer Javier Kordi notes:

Chipping away at the tradition of hierarchical education, the Twitter project restructures social relations within the classroom.

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Being a public medium, Twitter allows anyone to join the conversation, but also forces Berkeley students to think of themselves as public scholars— everything they post falls under the scrutiny of the global community.”

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