A Back-to-School Wakeup Call

Posted on August 23, 2008 
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I am a major fan of Dr. Michael Wesch, professor of digital ethnography at Kansas State University, best known for his video, The Machine is Using/Us, which went viral on YouTube.
Because I just dropped off my two college students for another year of learning, and because the public school year is about to begin here in New York, I thought I’d provide this gift to you of another Wesch video, which serves to remind us who our students are. The video was made after 200 students collaborated on the topic: “A Vision of Students Today.” Enjoy — it’s an eye-opener.

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2 Responses to “A Back-to-School Wakeup Call”

  1.  Jon on August 23rd, 2008 8:15 am

    Thanks for the post; a real eye-opener indeed. Certain to be forwarded to my dd as we are about to leave for Balmer Merlin :)

  2.  nylady on August 23rd, 2008 10:27 am

    Hey Jon: Thanks for the comment. You can find another of his videos, The Machine is Us/ing Us, as a link at the bottom of my post. It’s one of my all-time favorites.

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