https://nathanschneider.info/school/ 2026-09-28T17:21:38+00:00 https://nathanschneider.info/school/ https://nathanschneider.info/school/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2019-11-12T20:45:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/gould?rev=1573591550&do=diff In the mid-forties, on the fourth floor of the American Museum of Natural History, there stood the remains of a tyrannosaurus. Towering above hordes of awestruck kids, this pile of bones inspired two of the best-known careers in twentieth-century science text/html 2017-10-14T15:35:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/media_and_the_public?rev=1507995357&do=diff Media and the Public In this class, we will learn about what it means to be a mediated public by becoming one and reflecting on our practice. As we discuss critical and primary readings on media, democracy, and the public sphere, the class will undergo a process together. We will cultivate our own public sphere, setting rules and adjusting them as we go. The midterm and final projects are short exercises in established genres of media intervention. text/html 2018-05-03T18:50:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/hacker_culture_s2018?rev=1525373416&do=diff Hacker Culture MDST 2012 it seems to me sometimes I've entered some inverted zone, some mirror world where the dorkiest shit in the world is completely dominant. The world has dorkified itself.---Mercer in Dave Eggers, The Circle (2013) What is this course about? text/html 2026-08-27T17:39:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/disruptive_entrepreneurship?rev=1787852388&do=diff Disruptive Entrepreneurship MDST 2011 Disruption has become a hallowed achievement in contemporary business culture. What, exactly, do entrepreneurs, investors, and Internet evangelists mean by the word? What have been the great disruptions of our time, and who wound up disrupted? text/html 2025-02-03T04:03:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/peer_review?rev=1738555425&do=diff Peer review Providing constructive feedback for peers is a powerful art. Doing it well means giving the gift of a new perspective to someone else, and the karmic rewards are sure to come back to you. Be sure to articulate both the strengths and weaknesses of a draft. It can also be very helpful to mirror back to the author what you understand their primary point and purpose to be. Be sure to refer to the text of the assignment to ensure that your recommendations are aligned with the assigned … text/html 2016-09-23T19:37:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/technology_requirements?rev=1474659425&do=diff Technology Requirements For online courses, you need a consistent, high-speed Internet connection to view the lecture videos and the other content. For accessing D2L, we recommend Mozilla Firefox with Java and cookies enabled. I use an Ubuntu Linux operating system and a variety of community-developed, open-source software. Therefore I prefer that coursework be turned in using open formats such as .txt, .md, .odt, .odp, .png, or .svg. I can also accept .pdf, .docx, .pptx, and .rtf, though be a… text/html 2026-01-09T20:17:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/media_activism?rev=1767989847&do=diff Media Activism and Public Engagement MDST 5002 Depending on whom you ask, media-powered activism can sound like either a silver bullet or a lost cause. It's often both at the same time and more in between. Through examining the strategies and tactics of movements, past and present, we'll discover how media can shape social change and how we can become more savvy media practitioners ourselves. text/html 2021-10-08T03:39:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/connected_media_practices?rev=1633664377&do=diff Connected Media Practices MDST 5001 What are the economies that underlie our connections? This course will undertake a journey into the practice and theory of media entrepreneurship, introducing the dominant norms of entrepreneurial cultures, together with avenues for critique and transformation. By turning a critical eye to the networks around us today, we will learn to design tools and economies for networks to come. text/html 2024-04-23T22:40:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nathanschneider.info/school/hacker_culture?rev=1713912000&do=diff Hacker Culture MDST 2012 it seems to me sometimes I've entered some inverted zone, some mirror world where the dorkiest shit in the world is completely dominant. The world has dorkified itself.---Mercer in Dave Eggers, The Circle (2013) What is this course about?