After reading the Critical Thinking & New
Technology document, I believe that the Communications Department at Shepherd
University is successfully trying to incorporate our every day usage of a
variety of technologies into the classroom. From marketing and advertising to
graphic design and video and radio production, Shepherd has always covered the
basics, but now more than ever I think that teaching website building skills
and how to blog and use other forms of social media like LinkedIn and Twitter
to network is also a big part of our curriculum. Critical Thinking is also
expected of all students, especially those of us who are communication majors.
I have seen this through the assignment of projects, which incorporate the use
of new technologies like sound editing and web design as well as blogging that
all comm students are required to do in almost all classes throughout the department.
Even the newly added class rooms and offices at our own university are yet
another reminder that the world of communications is always advancing and
quickly growing, resulting in constant and new advancements in the classroom to
prepare us and keep up with this competitive job market.
