One of the challenges a lot of instructors have is that they must teach from a set curriculum–a curriculum that may not always be conducive to moving forward into the 21st century and using new media in the classroom.
But traditional writing assignments can be adapted to new media ones. In this post I’ll share some [...]
The Rhetoric of Blogs and the first year composition classroom
For the Classroom, From the Classroom, New media rhetoric // 14.10.2009At BYU, Gideon Burton (of Academic Evolution fame) holds a New Media Group every week to discuss new media, particularly its connections to teaching, scholarship, publishing, and self-expression. Last week he asked me to present on how I use blogs in the classroom.
I went the old school method and we brainstormed some aspects of blogs [...]
5 Dos and Don’ts for Incorporating New Media in the Classroom
From the Classroom, New media classroom // 23.06.2009Yesterday was the first day of a new semester. I had a two hour block to teach, so after going over the syllabus and doing introductions and such, we went to our computer classroom.
Five dos and don’ts fresh from the classroom:
1. DO introduce your students to new technology in the classroom setting.
If you want to [...]
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Let New Media Change Your Writing
On the Media recently interviewed Sasha Frere Jones (who writes for the New Yorker) in a piece called Talking Tween. Brooke Gladstone mentioned that Sasha’s writing style–and even approach–for the New Yorker is extremely different than the way he writes on Twitter.
Sasha explained that if he writes the same way for all these different venues, [...]
Star Trek (the website), “Play,” and the Classroom
Sometimes teachers think their role, their relevance, is disappearing, especially when it comes to new media. Students already know how to use new media. They already post videos on YouTube. And they probably own and use gadgets their teachers have never heard of.
Yet teachers are still needed. One key area that students need to be [...]
What is New Media?
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What is new media? And how should new media be used in the classroom? I’d love to hear your thoughts on these important questions, and on the video.
For a transcript of the video click here.
Welcome to New Media Classroom
New Media Classroom — a website for both students and teachers of new media.
Who is the student of new media? A student is someone who is learning, often in a serious, focused (and institutionalized) way. Anyone who uses new media is a student of new media–partly because its ever-developing nature requires constant learning. Just as [...]
