I particularly enjoyed reading Trier's column this week. He makes a valid point ... why not use "cool" media as a pedagogical tool as its popularity with the younger generation is evident. If our students are part of the YouTube Generation, using this form of media as a teaching tool makes sense. Trier did this with his "mosh-pit pedagogy" idea and it sounded great! Students were to contribute a "text" that related to the reading of the week ... but this "text" did not have to be the old fashioned "text", it could also be the new "text" (retreived from the internet). The internet offers so many possibilities that the students must have loved it. It seems that going with the flow works much better than going against it.
Campbell's article made me see the value of podcasting. I appreciate the point that was made in regards to "developing effective listening skills". This is an important skill to work on as most of us are visual learners (myself included). I also like the point that was made in regards to the "human quality of a voice"; a human connection is important to maintain in a world that is becoming overloaded with technology. My favourite sentence in this article is a quote from Frank Burgos, the editorial page director of the Philadelphia Daily News , who calls newspapers "a collection of human beings." If we can "listen" to the newspaper, this would be very good!
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