At 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 [...]
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 [...]