1. are you teaching "It's Complicated"? (danah boyd)
2. Re: are you teaching "It's Complicated"? (Gina Neff)
3. Re: are you teaching "It's Complicated"? (Rohlinger, Deana)

This is a really good question, which has sparked a very interesting conversation. I can relate to others' concerns about students not buying (or reading) manuscripts. But, in my limited experience, this has been less of an issue at small, private institutions than at large, public ones. I'm now on the move to a new gig at a liberal arts college, so I'll have to wait and see what the student body is like there. In the meantime, I have assigned *It's Complicated* for one of my classes, and although I will encourage them to buy the paper copy, I will also let them know that the author/publisher has made a digital copy available for free online. I'm honestly hopeful that they'll read, and I'm doing my best to structure my class in a way that holds them accountable. All the best, Steve P.S. danah, I'll send you a copy of my syllabus once it's finalized. On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:07 AM, <citasa-request@list.citasa.org> wrote: > Send CITASA mailing list submissions to > citasa@list.citasa.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > citasa-request@list.citasa.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > citasa-owner@list.citasa.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CITASA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. are you teaching "It's Complicated"? (danah boyd) > 2. Re: are you teaching "It's Complicated"? (Gina Neff) > 3. Re: are you teaching "It's Complicated"? (Rohlinger, Deana) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:12:46 -0400 > From: danah boyd <danah-asa@danah.org> > To: "citasa@list.citasa.org" <citasa@list.citasa.org> > Subject: [CITASA] are you teaching "It's Complicated"? > Message-ID: <33340474-3637-4AB3-AA90-39F12DB48A58@danah.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Many of you have mentioned in passing that you're teaching my new book in > your fall classes (*thank you*!!!). If you are, I was wondering if you'd > be willing to send me a copy of your syllabus? One other question: If you > are teaching my book, are you encouraging students to buy it or are you > sending them to the free version? (I'm fine either way but, as you can > imagine, folks are asking me how giving away my book is impacting classroom > adoption and I have _zero_ clue.) > > danah > > ------ > > My New Book: "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" > > "taken out of context / i must seem so strange" -- ani > http://www.danah.org/ || @zephoria > >