From the Field
I Can Haz Writin’ Skilz
For those of you who worry about the impact the internet has had on writing, here is a course dedicated to writing in the internet age. Internet Age Writing Syllabus »
Participation culture, creativity, and social change
In this video, David Gauntlett, a British scholar of audience studies, talks about the potential impact of Web 2.0 on education. In addition to explaining why he thinks the kinds of activities fostered by Web 2.0 foster active learning, he also critiques both mass media and the educational system for making us all into... »
Hiring Committees and people who teach multimodal comp. Mixed with Nazis.
In Kairos 13.2, the following video is presented. I’m really not sure about remixing Hitler (or a film about him) for this. The term “grammar nazi” is pretty common and this obviously a play on that phrase, but I’ve grown uncomfortable about saying someone is a “____ nazi” ever since I started traveling in... »