Teaching
Posts created for my students and readers related to our course topics: integrated strategic communication, information design, and social media. Categorized by course number.
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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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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 and the Convention, Pecha Kucha Style
Artists, historians, graphic designers, architects, community planners, graduate students and everyone in between are invited to submit a “pecha kucha style” presentation to be juried into “Charlotte and the Convention.” The event will be limited to 10 presentations and take place from 1:00 – 3:00 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012 at Queens University of…
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Strategic Plans in COMM 605, Twitter tells the story
The culminating event of our graduate seminar in Integrated Strategic Communication is the presentation of strategic communication plans. In these semester-long projects, students studied organizations with the goal of advancing practice.The plans ranged from external branding plans to internal operational plans for government agencies, non-profits, educational centers, entrepreneurs, and corporate offices. Three themes emerged in…
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Tally your Tweets
It’s a simple question: “How many times did you tweet today?” Yet, some are hesitant to answer. Why would you want to publicly display your private digital life? In our last session of our digital literacy seminar, each student was supposed to find a way for our course content to intersect with other students at Queens.…
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Honored by Lambda Pi Eta
Each year, Lambda Pi Eta awards a faculty service award to one faculty member in the James L. Knight School of Communication for service to the undergraduate program. This year, I was honored to receive the award which is voted upon by the honor students in the school. I am humbled by my students’ excitement…
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Graduate Capstone Presentations, according to Twitter
In the Knight School of Communication, graduating Masters students presented their culminating projects April 17, 2012, to a standing-room-only crowd. The buzz on Twitter (via Storify) captured some of the spirit of the event: Share “ Can’t wait to hear the #macomm capstone presentations tonight @theknightschool @queensuniv. It’s gonna be awesome! ocomfly Mon, Apr 16…
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Egging our campus
Under the watchful eye of the Evans clock tower at Queens University of Charlotte, students awoke Wednesday to find that the residential quad on campus had been egged. On Monday, students in the digital literacy exploration seminar stuffed over 1,000 easter eggs with digital literacy tips and candy. This morning, they egged the campus by staging a…
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Adding Image Headers in Moodle
Navigating courses in online platforms can raise all sorts of issues for students and their instructors. At Queens University of Charlotte, we use Moodle to create opportunities for course management online. As I’ve been seeking to understand the way that students navigate through this digital space, I began to realize that signposts were as important…
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