new media technologies

10 Jul

The Writing Instructor: Disruptions in Professional Writing Pedagogy

Posted by DaveB in new media technologies, pedagogy, professional writing

The Writing Instructor is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue on “Disruptions in Professional Writing Pedagogy,” guest edited by Jennifer Bay and Patricia Sullivan. The issue features articles by Michele Simmons, Lisa McGrady, Tim Krause, Patricia Sullivan and Peter Fadde, Mary Godwin, Michael Salvo, Thomas Rickert, John Spartz, and Jennifer Bay and covers a variety of topics including the effects of emerging media technologies, new economies, and how we might incorporate innovative work configurations into classrooms. The issue is located at http://www.writinginstructor.com/pwdisruptions

Look for a 30th anniversary special issue of The Writing Instructor, edited by Shirley Rose, one of the founding editors of the journal, in 2011.

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16 Jan

Fatworld -- The Game (Review of Persuasive Games's simulation of nutrition, economics, and politics)

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in economics, education, games, new media technologies, politics, reviews, rhetoric

Excerpt from my review of the new Persuasive Games release "Fatworld" -- an ambitious piece of "procedural rhetoric" that aims to leverage the computer game genre to deliver a series of important points.

I had high hopes. I really, really wanted to like it much better than I do.

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