Michael Jackson dies - why should we care?

According to a variety of news reports, Michael Jackson has died.  After being found passed out at his Bel Air home, he was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles, where he was pronounced dead. But this post is not about the death of Michael Jackson.  It’s not even about the life of Michael Jackson.  You [...]

Comm 10 - Summer 2009

This semester, my Comm 10 students are required to have diversity media blogs. This assignment requires students to make two blog entries per week about their media consumption. The are supposed to analyze media that they encounter, especially media related to race or gender stereotypes and biases. Below is a listing of the students’ [...]

Susan Boyle - Talent, but not to today’s standards

If you pay any attention to the hot viral videos popping on YouTube, you may have recently noticed a hot new talent coming out of Britain. She’s got a great voice, she’s very charismatic, and yet she is still ridiculed by the judges on “Britain’s Got Talent”. Her name is Susan Boyle, and [...]

CUE 2009 Session Review

A colleague recently wrote a review of my Visuacy session from CUE 2009. “He had excellent examples of still visuals, how audio and editing can change the context of an image. Nick has a very low-key delivery when talking, but the pace of the examples was quick and well-paced, making it lively.” Read the entire [...]

CUE 2009

Another new year, another Computer Using Educators conference to attend. These conferences are always fun because I’m usually presenting, and I also have an opportunity to connect with colleagues from around California. This year I’m presenting two sessions: one on Thursday and one on Saturday. Last year I presented on how to [...]