Over the course of this seminar, I have established a new theme for LIB 200, which I am tentatively calling Literacy and Linguistic Diversity in New York City. This theme came to be because of three primary reasons:
1) Conversations …
Prompt response for June 19th, 2015
This seminar has helped me develop ideas around improving my students digital presence. Combing ideas from the readings and issues that came up in discussion I set about reinventing the Art and Design Seminar course for the Fine Arts program …
Understanding GamerGate
Here is a much better explanation what “sea-lioning” refers to in relation to the webcomic critiquing Gamergaters.
Nakamura’s recommended readings are linked to on the overview page. I also added a folder on the resources page with lots …
Jurisprudence of Crime and Punishment and Technology
Technology is changing perspectives on crime, punishment and criminal procedure. Changes are evident in the quality and quantity of the information available for both sides of any legal issue, the nature of that information, who the experts are, sometimes even …
Selfie Assignment
Just for future reference, here’s Mark Marino’s Know Thy Selfie essay assignment on Medium that came up today.
-Bethany…
Question for Feb. 20 Winter Institute
What element of your Cluster or LIB200 curriculum do you see yourself creating or revising in this NEH seminar? Are you considering developing a new assignment or activity, or mapping out a new theme/syllabus? Please post your response as a …
Question for the December Session:
Curriculum Ideas
I am intrigued by the idea of teaching some more advanced and “scholarly” ideas to my LIB200. Today I am interested Karen’s idea of “the fetish.” I would need to bring my students up to speed on the concept using …
Initial Curriculum Ideas
The most essential idea I can think of for this semester’s LIB200 class at the end of Fall I, is the notion of humanity and what that means now and into the future. The reason I want to consider this …
Reflections on integrating materials into the classroom
The concerns that we are discussing are definitely part of my classes. In the Spring I’ll be teaching LIB200, which I teach as a US Empire class. Public health is an important aspect of our study, so I’ll be looking …
