Bill Wolff, PhD

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

teaching

  • using web 2.0 in the writing classroom

    Before the spring semester started this past January I was interviewed by Eileen Stutzbach for Rowan University’s Techcast—a video podcast that showcases what is happening technology-wise at Rowan. I was asked to talk about how I am using Web 2.0 applications in my writing courses. In the below except from the Spring 2009 show…

  • teaching students how to create meaningful tags

    Ryancordell asked me to say a few words about teaching tagging to my students and I am very happy to do so. I have been trying to figure out how to teach tagging to my graduate and undergraduate students since I began using Diigo several years ago. Actually, after I finished presenting a paper…

  • what students learned completing the youtube project

    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

    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…