Nov
9
Back to Basics: Resisting the Allure of Web Technology in the Classroom
November 9, 2009 | by Mikhail Gershovich | Leave a Comment
James Hoff, a Fellow at the Schwartz Communication Institute, just posted to the Institute’s blog a provocative argument against teaching with technology entitled “Back to Basics: Resisting the Allure of Web Technology in the Classroom.” Bellow is a snippet.
As a profession we seem to have thoughtlessly embraced the idea of technology precisely because we see [...]
Sep
25
“Freshbloggers”
September 25, 2009 | by Mikhail Gershovich | 8 Comments
The Schwartz Communication Institute’s Luke Waltzer just posted to cac.ophony an interesting discussion of one of our most ambitious projects to date, the introduction of student blogging into every section of Freshman Seminar. In Luke’s words, “every Freshman Seminar at Baruch currently is blogging. That’s roughly 60 sections, populated by over 1200 students. Yowser.”
The [...]
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