Department of Alchemy
Connecting the dots between popular media and social culture.
伏見いなり、京都
The Department of Alchemy approaches American, Japanese, and international digital culture from a critical, analytical (and sometimes quite academic) perspective.
The blog provides commentary, news, essays, reviews, reports, presentations, audio/video, and general thoughts for a mainstream audience, with intended respect to the context of the works and the broader society that encompasses them.
Events
See me speak at Ignite Boston 7 at Microsoft NERD in Boston, MA, on 4 March 2010.
See me speak at Penny Arcade Expo East in Boston, MA, from March 26th - 28th, 2010.
See me speak at the Popular Culture Association National Conference in St. Louis, MI, from March 31st - April 3rd, 2010.
See me speak at Anime Boston in Boston, MA, from April 2nd - 4th, 2010.
Meet me at ROFLcon II in Boston, MA, from April 30th - May 1st, 2010.
Meet me at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, CA, from July 1st - 4th, 2010.
Meet me at Otakon in Baltimore, MD, from July 30th - August 1st, 2010.
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Berkman@10: Digital Natives & IRC
I wrote last night about implementing IRC in an educational setting. The topic is coming up right now in the Digital Natives discussion about technology’s role in the classroom, methodologically and physically. I think it’s quite funny though how most of those sitting with laptops in front of them are not currently in the IRC [...]
Also tagged backchannel, backchannels, berkman@10, Blogroll: Internet, classroom, comments, dialogue, digital media & learning, digital natives, education, IRC, john palfrey, laptops, learning, notes, participation, seminar, teachers, twitter, urs gasser, wireless
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