[Air-L] Teaching Anthropology 2.0 - Session at the 2008 AAA Conference

[Marc Hebert]

*Teaching Anthropology 2.0: Innovative Strategies for Incorporating Visual
Technologies
into Teaching and Learning*

*SEEKING Roundtable Discussion Participants (including Graduate Instructors)
for a session at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) November
2008 Annual Conference in San Francisco, California.
*

*One paper will be submitted for the panel. Individual participants are not
required to offer a paper. It is your teaching experiences articulated in a
semi-structured roundtable discussion that is requested, allowing fellow
panelists and the audience to share their best practices and lessons
learned.
*

ABSTRACT
Laptops are almost ubiquitous among students on college campuses today. If
students do not have laptops, then chances are they have a cell phone not
far out of reach. These technologies present exciting pedagogical
opportunities for instructors and students alike.  This panel will share
ideas and lessons learned from incorporating new visual and internet
technologies in the classroom. We will explore ideas for student
collaboration and co-publishing online, the use of photography and video in
the classroom, social networking sites used for teaching the history of
anthropology and service-learning, wikis, blogs and other technologies.

We will also discuss the limitations of these technologies, including the
"Google effect" whereby undergraduate students appear eager to type one word
into a journal or library database and choose whatever appears first for
their research. Additionally, we will discuss other factors that affect
students use of learning technology such as access and their level of
web/technology "literacy."

The panel will present ideas for adapting these tools for course learning
objectives while increasing student engagement and learning. The panel will
also focus on user-friendly applications for any level of instructor, and
audience members will be encouraged to share their ideas with the group.

Please contact Jason Miller of the University of South Florida for more
information: jemille3 at mail.usf.edu
-- 
Marc Hebert
Instructor & PhD Student, Anthropology
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue, SOC 107
Tampa, Florida 33620-7200 U.S.A.
e-mail: mkh at mail.usf.edu