FutureMedia Fest: The Technology and Ethics of Immersive Worlds
Does a virtual world require “real” morals and ethics, or do virtual worlds demand virtual ethics? What does an ethics of the virtual look like? Continue reading
Category: Digital Pedagogy
Future Media Fest: The Startup Technology Showcase
How can crowdsourcing and social media applications be used to provide more personalization over media content? That was the focus of the Startup and Reception Technology Showcase, which featured several new companies exploring the odd middle-ground between collaboration, control and privacy. Please follow and like us: Continue reading
Using Mediawiki in the English 1101/1102 Classroom
Wiki software, as I’m sure most of us are already well aware, is a tool for creating websites that users can quickly and easily edit. First introduced by computer-scientist Ward Cunningham in the mid 1990s, wikis have become an important and visible part of the internet landscape. The free encyclopedia… Continue reading
Social Networking Tools in the Multimodal Classroom
Here is a brief overview of social networking tools I have used in my classes this past year. flickr flickr is an online photo-hosting site similar to Photobucket or Picasa. I prefer flickr because it offers a number of free features and the possibility of adding Creative Commons licenses to… Continue reading
How to Annotate Digital Texts
In a recent discussion on “The Real Cost of College Textbooks” in the New York Times, Anya Kamenetz, author of DYI U, suggests that professors abandon print textbooks in favor of eBooks and online resources. In “Get Rid of Print and Go Digital,” Kamenetz asks: Why should we be content… Continue reading