Henry Jenkins of MIT’s Comparative Media Lab discusses how many of our students today are being de-skilled as they enter schools where the digital tools they are using outside of the school environment are invalidated. Not only are many critical online resources blocked by crude filters but “[teachers] tell kids again and again that what [...]
Categories: education, technology
Tagged: education, jenkins, learning, McLuhan, media, technology
As I watched my Twitter feed flutter this past weekend with amazing update after amazing update of the Personal Democracy Forum, my former adviser and mentor was there giving what apparently turned out to be a standing-ovation-worthy preso on YouTube Culture and Politics of Authenticity. The fact that he brought the house down with his [...]
Categories: anthropology, politics, technology
Tagged: anthropology, McLuhan, media, media ecology, politics, postman, wesch, youtube