Bill Wolff, PhD

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

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  • honda’s metaphor: kicking out the ladder

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    Bill

    We began Information Architecture this semester by looking at the construction of language through the use of metaphors. Earlier I posted about the metaphors we use during class discussion. Today on Twitter @DocMara pointed to an excellent documentary by Honda that investigates the idea of failure in the innovation process. It seems that Honda…

  • what students learned completing the youtube project

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    Bill

    One of the main goals of my courses is for students to reflect on what they are learning as they are going through the process of completing an assignment. That goal has in the past been fulfilled by Learning Record Observations, which are 3 – 5 sentence snapshots students write about the work students…

  • “what does youtube mean to you?”: my students’ videos

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    Bill

    This semester in my Writing, Research, and Technology course students are learning how to create idea-driven video compositions. The larger project is to create a video oral history on an important contemporary topic. To help students get familiar with the Flip Ultra video camera we’re using, as well as learn some of the basics…

  • the metaphors of class discussion

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    Bill

    Information Architecture began in earnest this past Monday with the discussion of Lakoff and Johnson’s seminal Metaphors We Live By. Lead by Joe Sabatini’s discussion questions, and informed by student responses to the reading posted at the IAOC Blog, students began to think about the nature of language, how it shapes meaning, and the…