Laugh and Think

I have just wrapped up another round of exams in my classes at Zayed University. And I can’t help but look at the results and ask if I have achieved my goal. The goal being very simply to make my students laugh and think. And of course there is the application of the laughter and [...]

A Must Watch

Why go to school? What is a teacher? Public education? Smart? Not? Economics vs intellectual? I am moving to a new school in September to help create the UAE’s leading mass communication program. I say leading because if we are going to just do what is typical today there would be no point in moving [...]

More than you want to know

Livestream has got to be one of my favorite places on the Internet. You name it, from National Geographic to a local radio station, it is being broadcast to the world through Livestream. And what I really love about Livestream content is the simple fact that this alternative content is easy to find and watch. [...]

For the love of the pen.

One of the activities I love to give my students is the good old final exam. Yes there is an element of torture in sitting a final as it does bring on stress and all sorts of anxiety. But there is another side to the written final, and I am not talking multiple choice, a [...]

Old School

This is a really cool post. We spend a lot of time thinking about career options and that usually takes us off in some far flung direction. Web design, app creator, conference organizer… and then there are the things we don’t even know about yet. But what about all the things we just use and [...]

Innovation in Everything!

I think, I know that we all need to be thinking about innovation in everything we do. Of course we don’t or we like to say we are not innovative. The biggest failure today in pretty much every industry is failing to see the ability to innovate what we do. And education is top on [...]

Understanding Media Consumption.

We have a problem in the marketing and education world. The problem is that we, the creators of content and delivery systems, are not paying enough attention to how people or which people are using media and how. All too often we are relying on old data or how we are using media. But if [...]

Women in Film and Television UAE

Media people, be them in print, film or some place in between are an interesting bunch. I recently had the opportunity to speak to the co-chairs of the UAE chapter of Women in Film and Television. It constantly amazes me that there is still such a glass ceiling in place when it comes to women [...]

Media “focus on entertainment over news” is this a bad thing?

Entertainment vs news is there really an us versus them situation in front of us? Is it really that bad if news begins to take on a more entertaining stance? Isn’t the real issue whether the message is getting through? The Swiss have found that what is being covered in their constituency is entertainment and [...]

Cool Idea!

We all go to conferences, a significant investment of time for sure, but do we have any measure of the value of the conference to others? Not usually. Sure we do a survey here and there but do we have any other way to figure out what impact the conference or meeting is having on [...]

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