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Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?

By ~LS~ On January 22, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Technology, The Web and tagged Tagged With: Books, Computer, Generations, Media Ecology, Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Technoculture, Technology

I’m contemplating teaching Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 (“The Typographic Mind”). I don’t feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn’t find a pdf or doc online to use. Then it occurred to me that my students in all likelihood won’t read anything anyway, so why waste time scanning a document in the first place. I began to look for Sparknotes. I know, I’m bankrupt as an educator. At least I opted not to show the seventh grade history teacher’s youtube version of the Renaissance. I should get props for that.

Anyway, in my surfing, I ran into an amusing exchange on a forum. I don’t think the people involved were amused. I was, though, but in a depressing and ironic way. The exchange is started by a desperate student trying to locate a free copy of the [...]

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Pecha Kucha in Public Speaking

By ~LS~ On October 23, 2010 · Add Comment · In Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Technology and tagged Tagged With: For Wordies, Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Speech, Teaching, Teaching Activities

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Public speaking activity – first week of class

By ~LS~ On August 19, 2010 · Add Comment · In Pedagogy, Rhetoric and tagged Tagged With: Rhetoric, Speech, Teaching, Teaching Activities

I’ve twice used the following activity to open the semester and both times it was quite successful. I discovered the general idea by surfing around and I wish I could remember the site so I could acknowledge the creator whose idea I extended.

I have students search the web for public speaking classes, seminars, and workshops. Their task is to find the cheapest possible public speaking lessons but the caveat is that the courses cannot be from a college or university type program (such as continuing ed, University of Phoenix, whatever). Once they find a class, they need to identify the cost, hours to complete, assignments, topics covered, credentials of the instructor, and whether or not there’s an opportunity for practice and evaluation.

During class, we then review the courses they’ve discovered. There are a handful under a thousand dollars but usually the cost at least that much per person. [...]

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I heart Al Franken

By ~LS~ On June 30, 2010 · Add Comment · In Politics, Rhetoric and tagged Tagged With: Al Franken, Politics

I’m entirely jealous of the people of Minnesota on a daily basis. I have friended/liked Al Franken’s Facebook page and so I get posts about his work on several times a day. Jealous, jealous, jealous. He does so much good, progressive work, and he’s damned hard-nosed about it.

I get regular emails from Vitter, too, because I signed up for his newsletter for some stupid reason. They are nothing but grandstanding. I hit reply and respond with that statement on a regular basis. Vitter’s last email announcement praised his efforts to pressure “the administration” (by which I assume he means Obama) to send in the Fish and Wildlife folks and to increase the number of people assigned to the Louisiana gulf coast. Of course, in the mean time, Jindal is dicking around on calling in the National Guard.

Anyway, back to Franken. I have always liked Franken. I remember rolling [...]

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Counter Trey Scholarship

By ~LS~ On June 23, 2009 · Add Comment · In Academentia, Rhetoric and tagged Tagged With: Rhetoric

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lolcats and lolobama

By ~LS~ On November 19, 2008 · Add Comment · In Humor, Politics, Rhetoric and tagged Tagged With: Obama, Political Cartoons, Political Humor

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Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?

Pecha Kucha in Public Speaking

Public speaking activity – first week of class

I heart Al Franken

Counter Trey Scholarship

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