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I’ve been working hard this semester on modifying my teaching approach in my media courses. I’m trying to incorporate many more active learning opportunities into my classes. While I never just lectured in any of my classes, I am making
At the start of this new academic year, I thought I’d share some of the digital tools I wish students would use. These aren’t apps requiring particular hardware, but just online tools that are free (or very cheap) and that
I have two new stories up at PBS MediaShift in the last week: Gingras to AEJMC: Journalism Educators Must Embrace Change, Look Forward How National Geographic Used Cowbird Storytelling Tool to Tell a Reservation’s Whole Story The common thread between
I’ve built self-hosted websites in WordPress for two courses I teach regularly, and this semester, I added a new plugin: Anthologize. It’s a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily create PDF or ebook collections of your blog posts. Here’s
I’m hoping to use three new-to-me online tools next year in my teaching. 1. Pinterest. Yes, I’m as tired of the hype around Pinterest as anyone (and I might have contributed to that hype a bit), but I do think
I’m getting more and more excited about redesigning my classes this summer around the “flipped classroom” concept. (You might want to read this before going on, if you are unfamiliar with this idea. Here’s a great explainer from EDUCAUSE in PDF
I had a great time doing a roundtable presentation on teaching with social media at the Western Political Science Association conference yesterday. The roundtable was organized by Janni Aragon of the University of Victoria, who unfortunately wasn’t able to attend,
I was honored to be asked to present some thoughts on preparing students for working on digital magazines at this weekend’s Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium at Virginia Tech. I was on a panel with
I gave my Introduction to Media Writing students a 60-question grammar diagnostic test at the start of the spring 2012 semester. Based on the results, here are the areas we need to cover most during our course, in descending order
Because of a couple of my past posts, people often find my blog when they’re looking for information on teaching with the iPad. So I thought I might give an update on the technology tools I’m using in my teaching and personal productivity this semester on various platforms. I’ve mentioned some of these before, but it’s interesting to track which ones have infiltrated my workflow permanently and which have failed to prove their utility (for my purposes, at least).