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My thoughts and the thoughts of talented others on digital strategic communication, digital & media literacy, information design, education & instruction, and the field of human communication.
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Unexpected Use for iPad — Jumbotron
I stumbled across a new use for the iPad – one I didn’t expect. The Biltmore Estate, well-known for its Christmas decorations and Candlelight evenings, has to decorate the house in preparation for the season. On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, the estate invited people to watch the installation of the 35-foot Christmas Tree in the…
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10 Tips for Improving Group Presentations
You’ve been asked to do a group presentation and don’t know where to start. Many group presentations fail because of diffusion of responsibility. You think, “as long is my part is good, I don’t need to think about the rest of the presentation.” You couldn’t be more wrong. Group presentations are only different from typical,…
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My Digital Life: A Community Learning Lesson
Raahil Dhruva reached out gently across the generational divide and helped a community member learn how to use Skype so he could communicate with his daughter. Dhruva, a junior at Queens University of Charlotte from London, England, called the experience “an emotional moment.” His was one story of many. Along with a team of students…
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Embedding a Tweet in your WordPress Blog
Embedding a tweet in your wordpress blog is relatively easy. Here’s how to do it: Troubleshooting Tips The most common issues with tweet embeds are: The link to the tweet appears instead of the tweet. The text (without a hyperlink) appears instead of the tweet. Both of these issues concern the HTML code behind Blackbird…
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Academics and Technology: Early Adopters or Left Behind?
Alexis Carreiro, assistant professor in the Knight School of Communication, offers that the adoption of technology might be a strange marriage of Goldilocks and Marshall McLuhan: “When we rush to adopt technology, it’s too hot. When we wait awhile to adopt technology, it’s too cold. How do we adopt it so it’s just right?” We are surrounded…
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Town Crier? Village Idiot? We each have role in public space
Town crier? Village idiot? We each have role in public space CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper This column ran in the Charlotte Observer on September 30, 2011 on the opinion/editorial page. The link above will take you to the column on the Observer’s website. Facebook is changing the face of our private lives. The impending release…
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Joining the Digital Revolution
Max Kaczynski, now a junior in the Knight School of Communication wrote this article for the school’s website By: Max Kaczynski I began using Xanga in the 7th grade, eventually switching over to Myspace in 8th grade. I loved how I could share videos, pictures, relationship statuses and comments from just one page. Unlike my…
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DM3C Live 2011: digital and media literacy and civic engagement
Starting today, the Knight School of Communication will host its inaugural gathering of the best minds in digital and media literacy on the Queens University of Charlotte campus in Charlotte, North Carolina. Invited experts will explore the relationship between digital and media literacy and civic engagement. In addition, we will discuss the opportunities and strategies to increase digital…
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Presidential Tweets lead to vote of “no confidence”
College of Charleston Student Government Association (SGA) president Ross Kressel faced an impeachment vote yesterday after allegedly posting tweets that disparaged minorities, women, gays, and his SGA colleagues. The vote did not pass, but the SGA voted “no confidence” in the president, according to the Charleston City Paper. After the vote, Kressel posted this tweet on…
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9/11 Remembered in Memorials
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was sitting in a classroom on the first day of the term at Furman University. I had just finished the first course of my senior year – “Freedom in the Western Tradition” – and was settling into my second of the day – “Islam.” The irony of…
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