Last night, I was finally able to view Apple’s recent education event from New York City. Yes, I had read about their announcements and downloaded iBooks Author and the new iTunes U, but hadn’t realized just how potentially game-changing these new tools are for what I do.
Archive | English Studies
RSS feed for this sectionAs an English Professor, this is what I do the most — my area of expertise.
Updates
A large chunk of my holiday was spent in geek mode. Yes, I partook of holiday spirits, exercised a bit, and relaxed — but I needed to do some pretty significant updates to some outdated servers that I’m responsible for on campus. This is a record of what I did to breathe new life into my obsolete equipment.
The Subversive Education
Real education is subversive. It’s about nuance and irony — the challenging of the status quo. This is what I do.
NMAC Roundup 2011
The NMAC Roundup began its life as the CIT Luncheon. It was meant to be an information session for current CIT majors that emphasized the senior project. The luncheon featured a keynote address by a professional in the field and a meal.
NMAC Marketing
Hot off the presses: we have new NMAC posters and a brochure to advertise the new program. These were made to display around campus, but also for the high school open house night at Warner Robins campus.
Forced Separation
It started yesterday: boxes that had begun appearing in the hallway were being moved out. The Humanities Department is finally no more. We are now the English Department and the Department of Media, Culture & the Arts. The former is moving upstairs. It’s sad.
Occupied?
Want to fix our current economic crisis? Start with higher education. I look at a root cause of America’s current class anxieties.
