Pedagogical relevance means the teacher keeps up with current technology: blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking. These technologies are currently changing and they will not be current for long.
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Current Learning Theories Should Utilize Current Technology
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I have never been a fan of video games. My generation just missed the cut-off for what I will call the “video game revolution.” The only video game I remember playing, as an adult, was Pong and the first incarnation…
My Media Artifact
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My life changed significantly when I purchased my first computer; a Gateway desktop with a fifteen-inch screen and a state-of-the-art micro-processor. It seems like such a long time ago, 1993, and I can’t remember the exact date. The computer was…
Commercialism and the Internet
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The word “capital” seems to be coming up a lot lately in our readings; cultural capital, digital capital, social capital. A spin-off of the word capital is capitalism. Capitalism is linked to commerce by virtue of capital; in the sense…
The Demise of Public Education?
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It is increasingly difficult to keep up with technological advances; let alone advances in new digital media (NDM). Having to constantly stay knowledgeable of the latest NDM means that people without access to computer technology, let alone the training to…
Subsidiarity and Generativity: Two Important Concepts
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Today, computer use is viewed from a functional perspective; do mundane tasks more efficiently i.e. word processing, more appealing visual presentations. Technology should be viewed as part of our culture; related to Zittrain’s generativity concept. The computer, PC, and Internet…
To Blog or Not to Blog, That is the Question
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The title may sound corny, but the topic (Using Blogs in the Composition Classroom) is worth reading about. What are blogs and how can they be utilized in the composition classroom? This is the question I will explore in my…
Education as a Solution
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When I think about the potential for computer virus attack I get worried. After reading the Jonathan Zittrain chapters I wonder why there isn’t more destruction wreaked by rogue hackers and evil doers. According to Zittrain, the personal computer (PC)…
As English Departments Change So Must Change the Writing Teacher
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The face of the English department is changing. Rhetoric and writing are replacing literature as the department mainstay. According to Marc Bousquet there has been a decline in tenure track English teaching positions due in part to a shift from…
Blog URL
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This my blog URL: http://mcalou.wordpress.com/