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Smile Because it Happened 15 Jun 2013 | 01:54 am
“Smile Because it Happened” is the latest project to come from our Digital Ethnography class (ANTH 677: Digital Ethnography Field Methods). We have become known for finding “community” where many peop...
Smile Because it Happened 15 Jun 2013 | 01:54 am
“Smile Because it Happened” is the latest project to come from our Digital Ethnography class (ANTH 677: Digital Ethnography Field Methods). We have become known for finding “community” where many peop...
An education revolution beckons in the digital age 18 Apr 2012 | 12:18 am
By Joe Robertson – Kansas City Star Are we ready to quit letter grades? Dump standardized tests? Turn inside-out the role of schools as the authorities of knowledge? While educators try to imagine...
YouTube and the Quest for Audience 5 Mar 2012 | 02:45 am
Reposted from Anthropology News Contributing Editors Nathalie Boucher and Martin Lamotte An anthropological introduction to YouTube is a 40-minute YouTube video of a presentation by Michael Wesch o...
Gardening on Solsbury Hill 17 Feb 2012 | 05:44 am
This past week at the Educause Learning Initiatives conference I had the pleasure of reconnecting with my good friend Gardner Campbell. Every time I meet up with Gardner I am faced with a rush of epip...
Why Good Classes Fail 16 Feb 2012 | 05:42 pm
This is a quick little essay about why a teacher can employ all the “right methods” (pick your buzzword: student-centered, learning-centric, participatory, collaborative, problem-based, etc.) and embr...
A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots 13 Feb 2012 | 04:23 am
A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn’t Working by Jeffrey Young, The Chronicle for Higher Education Michael Wesch has been on the lecture circuit for years touting ne...
How our class works 8 Feb 2012 | 10:10 am
Last semester some students joined me for an interview with Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com to discuss how our class works. You can see the full webinar here: http://nmc.adobeconnect.com/p21022812/
Maker Bots and the Future of Identity 4 Feb 2012 | 03:32 am
I picked up Reverend Jim Groom last night from the airport. He stopped by on his way to track down the notorious hacker @emre5807 and help us launch our new “Ed Parkour” initiative here on campus. As ...
Subjects or Subjectivites? 4 Nov 2011 | 01:17 am
As an alternative to the idea that we teach “subjects,” I’ve been playing with the idea that what we really teach are “subjectivities”: ways of approaching, understanding, and interacting with the wor...
