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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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Mice on Main – Greenville, SC
In many cities, hunts for mice on the streets are tasks left to cats, health inspectors, and pest control personnel. Not so in Greenville, SC. Everyone is expected invited to search the city’s main street for the mice that are ever-present and underfoot. The nine bronze mice were a senior project envisioned by Jim Ryan in 2000 during…
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Paradigm Pathway – Greenville, SC
It’s described by some as a whimsical Dr. Seuss floral and by others as an industrial mash-up in metal. In May 2012, the statue was installed on the banks of the Reedy River in downtown Greenville (SC) to mixed reviews. Whereas many residents enjoyed the addition of public art to the pedestrian bridge, some onlookers thought…
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Charlotte and the Convention – recapping #COMM360
Two days of seminars (followed by a week of volunteering) would normally be enough to leave students glassy-eyed and exhausted. The “Charlotte and the Convention” conference at Queens University of Charlotte was a clear exception. After over 30 different speakers and as many topics, students poured out of the classroom enthusiatic about engaging with the Democratic National…
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Social Media Changes Journalism – @sleuth presents at #COMM360
So excited to have the talented @sleuth speaking in #COMM360 today @QueensUniv: How social media changes journalism. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email JAMcArthur Thu, Aug 30 2012 09:21:15 ReplyRetweet 0 likes · 0 comments People are most likely to engage in branded…
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Charlotte and the Convention
This morning, Jennifer Hull and I appeared on Fox News Rising in Charlotte to promote the COMM 360 experience starting August 30, 2012 at Queens University of Charlotte. Watch the video on the FoxCharlotte website. If you’re interested in joining us for the events, here is the full schedule: Joining us for Charlotte and the…
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Reflecting on my Academic Niche
As we develop our professional niches, do we take enough time to reflect on what we are learning? As I’ve been reflecting on my “academic niche,”I’ve realized that several recent experiences have uniquely shaped my scholarly agenda: Sed Ministrare 2010 I was humbled to give the Sed Ministrare address to incoming freshmen at Queens in August 2010. My…
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Queens students – and Charlotte – can go to school on DNC
Queens students – and Charlotte – can go to school on DNC 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. Our city might learn a lot from the Democratic National Convention this September, if we…
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Digital Pedagogy: An Experiment with Pinterest
On the topic of teaching with technology, I wrote this in 2007 (published in 2009): As “digital natives” (Prensky, 2001) enter the classroom, instructors must engage these students and expand their burgeoning and often technologically nuanced skills. The incorporation of technologies into classroom instruction challenges students and instructors alike; but, this challenge is both a necessary…
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Charlotte moves to #DroptheNC
Convention Watch: Stop it with the N.C., already Our city has the Panthers, the Bobcats, Bank of America and even the dang Democratic National Convention. And still news readers around the USA have to be reminded that we are Charlotte, N.C.? Baltimore has fewer people, but you won’t see Baltimore, Md. atop news stories about…
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Pedagogy, then Technology
Want to integrate technology into your classroom? Choose technology that supports your pedagogical aims. That’s the message of my workshop conducted this morning at the Teaching Professor Conference in Washington, DC. Attendees worked together to create opportunities to infuse their courses with technology. I presented 4 experiments that I’ve tried in my classroom with social…
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