Jeremy Sarachan
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performance
Certainlly what the Roys is all performance, so much so that they've forgotten who they really are or could be, and it seems increasingly likely that their only personas are those they perform for the world. It creates an interesting contrast with t ... -
Challenges and Opportunities
I certainly agree that Max's success revolving around the acceptance of peers is limiting and plays too much to neurotypicals' assumptions about what individuals with Asperger's need to be "happy". However, I think the program sti ... -
Diversity
This is an excellent way to end the week, demonstrating some of the advances that have been made depicting Asperger's on television. While I agree with earlier discussions suggesting that the emphasis is certainly on individuals at this end of the sp ... -
Savantism
I agree that many depictions of people with Asperger's (or Autism Spectrum Disorder since the label technically no longer exists) rely too much on a savant-like ability to define a character. As stated, this ability bestows value on the individual th ... -
The Problem with Empathy
Lizzie's perceptions effectively remind us that all of these Zombies were human, while the repetitious killing throughout the show desensitizes us to that fact. A similar blindness to the plight of others occurs in reality as well. Children with Auti ... -
The Value of Collaboration
The more students can see the value of collaboration (instead of being repulsed by group work), the more they will appreciate a more realistic view of work in the 21st century. Collaboration also allows more interesting (and fun) things to occur. As it ha ... -
Thanks for reading
I have not had them go on to IMR, but I agree that having an outsider post really hits home the idea of writing for a larger audience. I'm hoping that my post may lead to that outcome for them. (Hint. Hint.:)) ... -
My class has 20-24 students,
My class has 20-24 students, but except for the added work of inviting more students into the common Wordpress site, I think the assignment could scale somewhat--certainly up to 40. I could imagine how 90 students could start to become difficult, although ... -
The Importance of Immediacy
This is a fantastic project, especially the combination of critical analysis with journalistic style research. Another professor at our college taught a course on cyberactivism last year, but with a focus on more traditional video style documentation. Thi ... -
Storify as a Research Tool
I agree that curation has become a significant task, as well as a useful one. I've just had students use Storify not as a journalism tool (which is what it's meant to be used as--but such intent is fairly meaningless with Web 2.0)--but as a way ...