Michael Wesch, Ph.D.
Cultural Anthropology - Media Literacy - Social Media - Education - 21st Century Teaching
Dubbed “the prophet of an education revolution” by the Kansas City Star and “the explainer” by Wired Magazine, Wesch is a recipient of the highly coveted “US Professor of the Year” Award from the Carnegie Foundation.
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After two years studying the implications of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he turned his attention to the effects of social media and digital technology on global society and education. His videos on culture, technology, education, and information have been viewed over 20 million times, translated in over 20 languages, and are frequently featured at international film festivals and major academic conferences worldwide.
Dr. Wesch has won several major awards for his work, including a Wired Magazine Rave Award, the John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in Media Ecology, and he was named an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic. |
After years of experimenting with social media and assessing the learning potential of these tools, Wesch argues that they don’t automatically foster significant learning or establish genuine empathy or meaningful bonds between professors and students. Using social media is but one of the many possible ways to connect, but the message that Wesch’s experimentation brings is that only genuine connections may restore the sense of joy and curiosity that we hope to instill in our students. (from Mediated Cultures).
Member Advisory Board 21st Century Schools
Cultural and digital anthropology, Social Media and Web 2.0 applications for the classroom. Dr. Wesch is Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.
Member Advisory Board 21st Century Schools
Cultural and digital anthropology, Social Media and Web 2.0 applications for the classroom. Dr. Wesch is Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.
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Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University
[email protected] Michael Wesch - Mediated Cultures University web |
An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube - presentation to the American Library of Congress, 2008
A Vision of Students Today - video and blog post/commentary by Michael Wesch about what teachers must do; at Encyclopaedia Britannica Blog, 2008 Learning Worth Crying About - inspiring blog post, 2014 Learning as Soul-Making - video, 2014 World Simulation - an excellent example of 21st century education; be sure to view the video at top right! Here are the project plans. |
