The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube and the Politics of Authenticity

more about “The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube…“, posted with vodpod    

U.S. Professor of the Year Award

Dr Michael Wesch is a truly deserving recipient. more about “U.S. Professor of the Year Award“, posted with vodpod  

An anthropological introduction to YouTube

Michael Wesch’s presentation (at the Library of Congress as part of a series on ‘Digital Natives’) should be viewed by teachers trying to understand the YouTube phenomenon. The musings on ‘why’ are particularly interesting. As a footnote, I follow the presenter on Twitter and was alerted to his upload minutes after he loaded it.   [...]

A Portal to Media Literacy

Everything’s changed or changing – fast. Michael Wesch commences with some of the issues of teaching in an inappropriate space before moving on to new media. I particularly love the Marshall McLuhan quote referred to at the opening of this hour long presentation: The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally new situation, we [...]

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