Is the college essay a moribund genre? Perhaps it has a zombie-like existence in English departments, but new media students must learn to write for digital media. That might mean finally burying the essay.
Archive | (New) Media
RSS feed for this sectionMedia and New Media is something else I do as an English Professor. This also includes technostudies.
Take Survey of Humanities on iTunes U!
It’s official: my fall section of HUMN 2155 will be Macon State’s first iTunes U-supported class.
Why Study Abroad?
I’ve been invited to talk about study abroad at the Cultural Journeys undergraduate conference. I decided to use music and images to convey my enthusiasm. So, I put together a video of my photography from my 2009 and 2011 travels.
Apple Inspiration
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.
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I partook of holiday spirits, exercised a bit, and relaxed — but I needed to do some pretty significant updates to some outdated servers that I’m responsible for on campus.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.
Our Gadget Complicity
Last night’s This American Life featured a show about the working conditions in China that are a direct consequence of our — the West’s — need for gadgets. And while one company alone is not to blame, this show examines Apple’s relationship with Foxconn.
The Web v. the Book
When I spoke at the Norman Mailer Society Conference in 2005, I was asked to discuss the position of literature and English Studies at the beginning of the twenty-first century, how the work of Norman Mailer fit into these cultural and intellectual trends, and recommend ways that the Society might continue to flourish in a still incunabular information age.
