Bill Wolff, PhD

Associate Professor, Communication, Film, and Journalism, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

Bill

  • on voicethread book reports, reading guide dogs, and the lure of the blue

    I have been helping a colleague design her first Voicethread, and while I was on the site I came across a series of book reports by children that seem to be in the fourth grade. I have embedded one below and I don’t think I need to write why, though I will. Many of…

  • mapping and tagging web 2.0

    My graduate course, Writing for Electronic Communities is currently working its way through Richard Landow’s tome, Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization. This is my first time making my way through the third edition (published in 2006). Though it is always nice to go back and visit Storyspace…

  • twitter explained

    From the great folks at CommonCraft, Twitter in Plain English: An excellent explanation of Twitter—better than I ever could do when talking with students about it—but I must say that I do miss the “Hmm Hmm Hmm” that began and ended their prior videos.

  • special web 2.0 issue of First Monday

    Via if:Book, the current issue of First Monday takes a critical look at Web 2.0. The table of contents: Preface: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0 by Michael Zimmer Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0 by Trebor Scholz Web 2.0: An argument against convergence by Matthew Allen Interactivity is Evil! A critical investigation…