I have recently discovered the amazing world of Prezi. It is a fun, exciting, interactive way to spice up those mundane PowerPoint presentations and boring old lectures. I used to program to create a presentation for a class that I taught, and the reaction was wonderful!  The students were interested and engaged; they loved ...

We’ve all done it. Posted something to the internet without a second thought. A curse word in a quick post to a friend on Facebook, a photo partying with friends (if you’re 21!), the list goes on. But how many of us have really stopped to consider how these off-the-cuff posts will effect us in ...

In our New Media Literacies class, we have been discussing the topic of information fluency. That is, “a new liberal art which extends beyond technical skills and is conceived as the critical reflection on the nature of information itself, its technical infrastructure and its social, cultural and even philosophical context and impact” (definition found here). ...

  In our 307 class, we have been recently discussing the benefits of online collaboration in “hybrid classes” (classes that do most work online-like ds106!). We read much about this topic in The Process of Online Collaboration, which gave us great insight into the procedures and different ways to go about implementing online collaboration in the ...

Is anyone tired of hearing the phrase “Marilyn Monroe is my hero?” I think I probably hear it about ten to twelve times on the first day of classes when teachers announce the commencement of the dreaded ice-breaker, where each student must awkwardly state their name, hometown, major, and their hero. During these times I’ll ...