I wrote my blog this week about how consumer-driven software (like that mentioned in “Participation Inside?” by Schaeffer) is becoming a bigger threat, like Linux Ubuntu. I also ranted (I’ll be honest, it was seriously a rant) about Windows and…
English 5010
Proposal: Using New Media in the Classroom
by Ryan • • 0 Comments
Using new media in the classroom presents new challenges for educators and students alike. Educators must: 1. Contend with the availability of the new media to their student demographic (do the students have access to computers and the internet, or…
English 5010
The Demise of Public Education?
by Mike • • 1 Comment
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…
English 5010
Hindman, Chapter 1. The Internet and the “Democratization” of Politics
by Jeong Kinser • • 0 Comments
I was somehow dumbfounded after I read this chapter Myth of Digital Democracy; it had set straight my naïve understanding about political discourse in the digital age. Or an element of reality of it at least woke me up. I…
English 5010
Just because people are speaking doesn’t mean they’ll be heard
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
I liked how Hindman points out that there is a distinction between speaking and being heard. I think that just because more people may be blogging about politics, that doesn’t necessarily mean that others are listening. If people are listening,…
Classes, English 5010
Seiter: A Pessimistic, Yet Realistic Essay Regarding Technology
by chayden • • 1 Comment
Although I would agree with Seiter that economic disparities will greatly diminish a student’s ability to become proficient with technology, I am not certain that remedying that specific category will really provide the solution for which we are searching. She…