Day One

What an exhausting Day One of class...both at UT and BG. I started out today with a class of 106 students. I was a little anxious but it turned out to be a blast. The class, Mass Communication and Society, takes a critical look at the media and how media and society have developed socially and culturally. I covered part of the first chapter in the book and the thoughts that the students posed were varied and well articulated. I had a blast with this group. This class has a variety of majors so there's a lot of different viewpoints.

My second class, Radio Production and Programming, went well. There are 16 kids in this class. I am giving them the basics of radio production, to kind of get their interest started in radio. I'll get a shot of the parking situation outside of the hall where I teach. Amazingly busy. Just think of the mall at Christmastime but a touch worse. That's what it's like.

And then I left for my Doctorate class at BG, Communications Pedagogy. This class went by so fast because all of us in the class have taught or are teaching. We shared 'tales from the dark side of education' and how we can turn them around for the future.