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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First-ever marriage between a man and a videogame character in Japan
by Jeong Kinser • • 0 Comments
English 5010
Media Artifact: What a Picture is Really Worth
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
In November, 1945, amid the traditional upstate NY snow, my grandparents were married. During a 17- day delay en route, my grandfather, a member of the Airforce, decided that there was no time like then to tie the knot. The…
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Ancestral Artifact: Books
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think I might have figured out why I’m so afraid of computers. After reflecting on the media artifacts that help to shape me and my literacy, an image from an old film, The Time Machine, came to mind. The Time…
English 5010
Media Artifact: The Internet, i-pod, and Facebook, oh my!
by Ryan • • 1 Comment
I was born before I should have been. I was born just in time to miss inclusion into the digital native generation. Surfing the internet wasn’t a common household activity when I was in high-school. Word-processing was not a part of…
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How could we make gaming educational?
by lminnis209 • • 0 Comments
Well this is an age old question, “How do we make games educational”? Well one way is for both sides in the gaming business to meet on fair grounds and sign a peace treaty. There is a huge gap between…