Category Archives: General

Stuff you should have

By alex | Published: 8/21/2008
We did a “bootcamp” for the online masters program. They are required to purchase an Adobe Suite, but there were other things I wanted them to have, or at least be exposed to. So I wrote the following up as a guide. What do you tell your students to get? Most of the items on […]
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Student team-teaching

By alex | Published: 8/15/2008
Howard Rheingold has posted the syllabus for his upcoming class for comment. It has a great selection of texts. It’s a class I’d have loved to have been able to take as a grad student–heck, I’d love to take it now–and I’ll point my students in the Media & Society class there for some ideas. […]
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Draft Unsyllabus for ICM/JRN 522

By alex | Published: 8/12/2008
The following is the framework for a course without a syllabus. This document is up on Google Docs, and seminar participants will edit it together on the first night of class. Communication, Media, & Society ICM/JRN 522, Fall 2008 Tuesdays, 18:30-21:10 (GMT-5), Buckman Center 137 Instructor Alexander Halavais, 522@halavais.net Skype, Google, Twitter, Delicious, FriendFeed: halavais […]
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7 Year-Old Vengeance Ed

By alex | Published: 8/10/2008
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Our seven-year-old guest was literally on the edge of his seat, watching The Princess Bride for the first time, and seeing Inigo Montoya fulfill his lifelong pursuit to avenge the death of his father at the hyperdactyl hand of Count Rugen. “This […]
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