On Thursday, my classmate and editor of the Hurricane, Greg Linch, brought up a proposal to launch a new social network for members of the School of Communication called "CommTogether." Although it is open to all members (student, faculty, and staff) this networks main purpose is to create a forum for students to share their ideas and talents. In my opinion, this is the ultimate step towards convergence. Students will now be able to contact other students with questions or to ask for help with a project or package. For example, a print journalism student may want to put together a multimedia package for the Hurricane's new website, but may not have any experience editing video or audio. He/she will be able make contact with a broadcast journalism and a visual communications major through CommTogether and troubleshoot their project collaboratively.CommTogether allows students to host their own blogs (both internally and externally), share video and photo, discuss projects and share ideas. Perhaps the most intrigue function of CommTogether is its ability to host groups, just like Facebook. Teachers will be able to host groups for each of their classes, sending out notes and updates to their entire class and being able to get immediate feedback (both private and public).
This new network has the ability to create a lasting forum for journalism students and reinvent the way communications students interact and work together. If you are a journalism student please click the link above or go to http://commtogether.ning.com. Some of the appearance aspects are still being tweaked but it is fully functional and ready to be used.
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