Category Archives: New Media

yo comments are whack!

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Michael
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notes from the interblags: literacy, dangerous courses, change.gov

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Michael

• The NEA reports that reading literature is on the rise. Millie Davis summarizes: This week the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) reported the first rise in the number of adults reading literature since they began their survey in … Continue reading →

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English 30 reflections post #1

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Michael

This term, as I’ve discussed a bit before, I’m teaching Honors Rhetoric and Composition1 as part of the University’s project with Sony. We are checking out Sony’s ebook Reader and doing most of our course’s readings on this — either … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs in Classrooms, English 30 Language Technology and Culture (Spring 2009), English 584 Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies (Spring 2009), New Media | 6 Comments

join the discussion on collaboration

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Michael

The Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) is hosting a discussion on collaboration on their blog that looks pretty interesting. Thought I’d let readers know in case they want to weigh in and collaborate.

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Two funnies for this cold morning

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Michael

xkcd has a great comic about how useful new technologies can be, but how they can make some miss the most obvious, most useful technology. “I’m an Idiot” Dennis directs readers to The Beast’s 50 Most Loathsome People in America, … Continue reading →

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