In this interview excerpt, Michael Wesch discusses the misuse of certain technologies, namely PowerPoint presentation software.
Ethan Crawford and Ryan Garrett of the Technology Operations Department at DU’s Graduate School of Social Work interview Michael Wesch. Wesch, a professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, gave two well-received lectures at the CTL 2010 Winter Conference on January 29 where he talked about the role of the New Media in higher education. Here he discusses the reluctance of some instructors to adopt technology, the changing nature of copyright, and the tenure process for professors who deal with digital media and publishing, among other subjects.
Courtney and Alex, the Graduate Tech Assistants at the Center for Teaching and Learning discuss some best practices for designing and implementing Blackboard courseware. Their observations are based on the results of the 2009 CTL Student Technology Survey, which is a centerpiece of the 2010 CTL Winter Conference.
The University of Denver Center for Teaching and Learning is holding a conference this Friday the 29th on “Education and New Media“. We are going to be streaming two keynotes by Michael Wesch live via Flash Media Server and invite you all to attend the discussion through a special app build for the conference that incorporates the live FMS stream, conference Twitter feed, and Google Analytics.
Remote participants can log in and post to the feed via the app:
The idea behind this app is that conference participants (and those from afar who have interest in the keynotes) will be able to participate in a collaborative conversation through the Twitter feed while watching the keynote all through a single interface.
I invite everyone to please spread the word about the conference stream. We’d like to have as many people participate in the discussion as possible!
Information about the conference follows:
The University of Denver is hosting an Education and New Media conference on Friday, January 29, 2010. We are very excited to have Michael Wesch as our keynote speaker. You are invited to join us for his keynote sessions via a live video stream. Virtual participants will have the ability to ask questions and share their comments via Twitter.
Michael’s morning keynote begins at approximately 8:30 and is titled, “How can we create students who can create meaningfully connections?” The afternoon keynote will begin around 12:15 pm and is titled, “Making connections: Experiments in Learning with New Media.”
Visit the conference webpage for more information and please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues.
http://portfolio.du.edu/newmedia
Information about how to the access the video stream will be posted here soon.
Please spread the word!
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