Conference addresses teaching and new media

This weekend, Vassar College hosted the third annual Teachers, Teaching and the Movies, a multi-disciplinary conference focusing on the use of new media as educational tools. The conference included workshops on Hip-Hop Theater and The Power of Facebook and Powerpoint in Teaching, as well as screenings of youth-produced films. ...The highlight of the conference was the keynote address, "Cosmopolitan Imaginings of Self and Other: Global Youth Go Online," given by New York University Professor of English Education Dr. Glynda Hull. Hull discussed her ongoing projects on using digital media and social networking as a pedagogical tool. She is one of the creators of SPACE2CRE8, an international program that connects middle school children across cultures.