One of the pleasures of living and teaching at MIT for the past 20 years has been the chance to build ongoing relations with a fascinating cast of characters, many of whom have been regulars at the MIT Communication Forum events that are run by my colleague, David Thorburn. These […]
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Not so many years ago, I was visiting my parent’s home in Atlanta. As we were sprawled around the living room, glancing through the Sunday papers, my mother let out a gasp, “It’s like I’ve seen a ghost!” She passed the paper over to me and showed me a photograph, […]
Not so many years ago, I was visiting my parent’s home in Atlanta. As we were sprawled around the living room, glancing through the Sunday papers, my mother let out a gasp, “It’s like I’ve seen a ghost!” She passed the paper over to me and showed me a photograph, […]
As a follow up to my post on MLK papers [Jan 14, 09]: I cannot think of a more timely and civically-minded government-run online media service than this one… http://usaservice.org/page/content/calltoservice/ The interactive website, complete with a videoed call for action on MLK Day from Michelle Obama, says: “This website is […]
The following post was written by Wyn Kelley, a Melville scholar, who is collaborating with Project NML (New Media Literacies) on our teacher’s strategy guide on “Reading in a Participatory Culture.” The work we’ve been doing on Moby-Dick would not have been possible without Wyn’s passion for the topic and […]