Category Archives: Courses

happy in happy valley

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Michael

Last spring I wrote here about feeling isolated in my academic pursuits, largely because I was taking two classes outside of English and wasn’t in as much contact with many of my English rhetoric colleagues as I would have liked. … Continue reading →

Posted in English 597 Kenneth Burke | 4 Comments

Sony Reader reflective commentary

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Michael

I’ve finished my reflective commentary on using the Sony Reader in my graduate seminar and on possible redesigns for the Reader. I thought I’d share my commentary here. It’s a bit long (11.5 pages), so I’m attaching it to this … Continue reading →

Posted in English 30 Language Technology and Culture (Spring 2009), English 584 Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies (Spring 2009), Literacy | 4 Comments

Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere in 2 minutes

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Michael

About a month ago or so, Rosa asked us to distill Jürgen Habermas’s Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere down to a two-minute “fairy tale.” I made a YouTube video, but I don’t think I posted it because I… well, … Continue reading →

Posted in CAS 507: Public Scholarship (Spring 2009), publics | Leave a comment

regulating bodies can’t keep up with new media

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Michael

We know the list: RIAA can’t keep up with free file sharing; traditional journalism can’t keep up with blogging and other online communication tools; traditional knowledge-regulating bodies (Encyclopedia Brittanica) can’t keep up with Wikipedia; etc. etc. etc. But here’s something … Continue reading →

Posted in English 584 Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies (Spring 2009), New Media | 2 Comments

enthusiastic reporting on tech in the classroom: tablet PCs

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Michael

Over at Onward State, they share a local news program about a project in which students at Penn State Harrisburg got to use tablet PCs from Hewlett Packard — similar to the research project we’re doing here with the Sony … Continue reading →

Posted in English 584 Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies (Spring 2009) | 1 Comment