"the matrix of a reminiscing cogitation, shuffling and collating ‘things’ stored in a random-access memory scheme"
Lance Strate‘s “The Medium is… (A Pecha Kucha)” You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I’ve not heard of a pecha kucha before, which seems to be a 6 minute 40 second presentation in which 20 slides are shown, each for 20 seconds.
Mon, November 14 2011 » Marshall McLuhan, Media Ecology, Teaching Resources » 1 Comment
I can’t believe I forgot to link to SF Signal‘s Flowchart ”Navigating NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.” As they explain: Over the summer, NPR solicited the input of its listeners to rank the top science fiction and fantasy books of all time. Over 60,000 people voted for the top picks which were then compiled [...]
Wed, October 26 2011 » Science Fiction/Fantasy, Teaching Resources » No Comments
Video of an interview with Charles Bazerman, Peter Elbow, and George Hillocks. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Tue, October 25 2011 » Rhetoric and Composition, Teaching Resources » No Comments
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Mon, October 24 2011 » Rhetoric and Composition, Teaching Resources » 2 Comments
“In Defense of Rhetoric: No Longer Just for Liars” is a 14 min. video created by graduate students in the MA in Professional Communication program at Clemson University. It explains why popular notions of rhetoric are inaccurate and demonstrates how rhetoric actually produces new knowledge. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this [...]
Thu, October 20 2011 » Rhetoric and Composition, Teaching Resources » No Comments
I learned the other day that the third edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction will be online and that on 3 October a “beta” version went live. (As they explain in the FAQ, they believe they’re 3/4 of the way done and will continue to update the encyclopedia monthly. I own a copy of [...]
Wed, October 19 2011 » Science Fiction/Fantasy, Teaching Resources » No Comments
As I learned in a desktop publishing class I took as a M.A. student at Portland State, kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between letters. Kern Type is a game designed to teach you how to kern well. It’s very cool. It even has mutitouch capability for those accessing the website via an [...]
Wed, October 12 2011 » Coolness, Digital Resources, Gaming, Teaching Resources » No Comments
WYNC’s “The Medium is the Massage: Celebrating Marshall McLuhan’s Legacy“ The Guardian‘s “The Big Idea Podcast: The Medium Is the Message“ To the Best of Our Knowledge‘s “Marshall McLuhan at 100“ The Globe and Mail‘s “The Return of Marshall McLuhan“
Thu, July 21 2011 » Marshall McLuhan, Media Ecology, Teaching Resources » No Comments
The United Kingdom’s Open University has released 10 short videos providing a 10 minute history of the English language from Anglo-Saxon to Global English. It’s both informative and fun. Here’s the first: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Thu, July 7 2011 » Coolness, English Studies, Medieval/Medievalism, Old English, Teaching Resources » No Comments
Put together for his centennial this year, a site containing a large collection of McLuhan videos, Marshall McLuhan Speaks, has been compiled. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t include any information about the sponsors or compilers of the site, but this email message, sent by Michael O’Connor Clarke, indicates that McLuhan’s daughter Stephanie McLuhan helped with the [...]
Thu, January 27 2011 » Marshall McLuhan, Media Ecology, Teaching Resources » No Comments
