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If you haven’t seen them yet, here are three must-see videos from Dr. Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University: Web 2.0 … the Machine is […]

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February 16, 2011

If you haven’t seen them yet, here are three must-see videos from Dr. Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University:

Web 2.0 … the Machine is Us/ing Us

Information Revolution

A Vision of Students Today

Other videos are available at the Moving Forward videos wiki page (feel free to add some more!).

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