Fear Factor and American Idol: Leveraging Popular Culture for Student Support

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Title:Fear Factor and American Idol: Leveraging Popular Culture for Student Support (ID: EDU06285)
Author(s):Kimberly Brookes (Simmons College) and Cynthia Rubino (Simmons College)
Topics:Student Computing Support, Student IT Competencies, Students
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/11/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:A central tenet of Technology at Simmons College is to help community members learn to care for their computers. One successful strategy has been to run interactive educational programs that draw on popular culture to engage students. Two of these programs have been Technology Fear Factor and Simmons Idol.
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