Post by WIDboard on Oct 31, 2012 12:38:08 GMT -5
Ta-Nehisi Coates, who edits and blogs for The Atlantic, was recently invited to MIT's Center for Civic Media. In this write-up he discusses commenting communities online. Many of the tips and suggestions included here may be useful for helping teachers think about how class discussion can shape written discourse and how new media can add a new dimension to the writing classroom.
civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab
civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab