Is Google Making Us Shallow? Reflections on Nicholas Carr and the Value of Deep Reading
This past week in class, I revisited Nicholas Carr’s now-famous 2008 essay, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, alongside portions of his follow-up book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing … Continue reading
The 60-Minute Digital Creation & Reflection Challenge: Rethinking Text through Speed and Media
As the semester drew to a close in my Digital Textuality course, I invited students to participate in a creative experiment that asked them to produce original digital work under … Continue reading
Redesigning the Essay in an A.I. World
Last week, I considered the future of the university lecture in an A.I. world. This week, I continue those sets of questions to focus on the essay. The essay has … Continue reading
Is A.I. the Death of the Lecture—or Its Salvation?
In the age of generative A.I., the traditional college lecture faces a dramatic crossroads. Once a cornerstone of higher education, the lecture now stands accused of being outdated, passive, and … Continue reading
Can A.I. Create Art? Our Struggle With the Machine in the Studio
This past semester in my “Digital Textuality” course, I posed a deceptively simple question: Can A.I. be an artist? Several students, working independently, centered their final projects on that very … Continue reading
The Future of Work Isn’t Just About Jobs—It’s About Justice
The headlines promise us an efficient, automated future powered by artificial intelligence. But the real question isn’t what jobs A.I. will replace—it’s who gets to decide, who profits, and who … Continue reading
Our Human Future in an A.I. World
Every generation lives through its own version of the future. Ours, unmistakably, is the age of artificial intelligence. Already, A.I. is changing how we work, teach, learn, and govern. It’s … Continue reading
The Neil Young Archives: A Fan-based Review
This month, I’ve asked students in my “Digital Textuality” course to submit a technical review of a website. As I watched them progress over the course of a few weeks, … Continue reading
The “Other” Residents of Jamestown
In the last post, I noted two trends in my American History survey classes: (1) Students arrive to the class unaware of what was once popular narratives in the story … Continue reading
Free Books, Open Libraries: 15 Resources for Everyone
Many of my upper-division courses focus on the same general set of questions: How does digital media disrupt “conventional” structures? Structures here range from thought processes and reading and researching … Continue reading
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