Life in Academe
Events and experiences that remind me that I’m a professor and I love working in higher education.
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Experimenting with Pinterest in the college classroom
The article below was featured on the Social Media Club’s Education Blog on September 17, 2012. I embarked on another classroom teaching and learning experiment this fall on Pinterest. One hundred of our students at Queens University of Charlotte were dispatched into the venues and streets of Charlotte as student interns and volunteers during the 2012 Democratic…
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Interns score backstage credentials at DNC
The following story was featured here on the Queens University of Charlotte website, September 12, 2012: Raulston Boger and Anna Kirwan had no idea what to expect when they received their DNC internship assignment from the Knight School of Communication. They were appointed to the DNC Host Committee, responsible for planning and executing the entire…
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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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DNC Insights 20 seconds at a time
The following article was featured by Queens University of Charlotte on Sept. 5, 2012: In precisely 40 minutes and 120 slides, five Queens’ faculty members and an alumnus regaled students with six presentations tied to the Democratic National Convention. The topics ranged from the history of political protests to the increasing role of influence that…
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Media Makers Covering the Convention
RT @TheKnightSchool: #comm360: you have a front row seat to access #dnc2012 #CLT media with: @rthames @jruckman & Fran Farrer Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email COMM360 Fri, Aug 31 2012 12:52:54 ReplyRetweet 0 likes · 0 comments Ow.ly – image uploaded by…
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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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Queen, King, Duke, Crown – Charlotte History at #COMM360
Tom Hanchett: history of #charlotte in 4 words. Queen. King. Duke. Crown. #comm360 #dnc @queensuniv Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email ocomfly Wed, Aug 29 2012 22:09:54 ReplyRetweet 0 likes · 0 comments RT @thereal_maximus: and this is why I love #Charlotte! We’re…
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Opening Remarks for #COMM360
Welcome to COMM 360: Charlotte and the Convention! On behalf of my colleagues in the Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, I am pleased to welcome you to an innovative learning opportunity like none we’ve tried before at Queens. Next week, Charlotte will play host to a nation as the Democratic National…
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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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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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