Comments on: Augmenting the Syllabus http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/27/augmenting-the-syllabus/ We live in a cyborg society. Technology has infiltrated the most fundamental aspects of our lives: social organization, the body, even our self-concepts. This blog chronicles our new, augmented reality. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Responsible Googling » Cyborgology http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/27/augmenting-the-syllabus/#comment-2300 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:10:53 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/?p=4620#comment-2300 […] has not kept up with the technologies of the time (there are of course many exceptions, such as Dan Greene’s American Studies course that he wrote about on this […]

]]> By: Dan Greene http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/27/augmenting-the-syllabus/#comment-1521 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:38:11 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/?p=4620#comment-1521 Thanks David, really appreciate it. You’re in sociology right? AMST at UMD is a small department with big enrollment, so GAs have–I think–more operational freedom at the day-to-day level than might be the case in larger departments. With that said, there’s still a lot of big-picture changes I’d make, given the freedom.

Prezi is good for description, for mapping diverse concepts, and for working with media. I’m still learning it, but a bad Prezi is nauseating, compared to a bad PowerPoint which is just boring. PowerPoint is still better, I think, for telling narratives or doing Methods-Results-Discussion. Derek Hansen’s Communities of Practice i-School class and the theory linked to here were big influences in how I think about teaching technology.

]]> By: davidstrohecker http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/27/augmenting-the-syllabus/#comment-1518 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:48:45 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/?p=4620#comment-1518 Wow. You are truly the TA I never was. Great use of new technologies. I haven’t been able to get on board with Prezi yet, but my roommate loves it. I should probably convert. And Ning? I have never even heard of it. Thanks so much for these great resources! I will definitely use this as a guide next semester!

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