Dr. Kevin Schut

Kevin Schut is a professor of media studies in the Communications department at TWU. He's a global wanderer, a father of two little ones, and a big fan of computer and video games, especially Sid Meier's Civilization series. In this blog he's going to write about stuff to do with media -- art, faith, culture and why your computer might change the way you think.

Recent Blog Entries...

Who gets to define the Olympics?
by Kevin Schut || posted on March 2nd, 2010 at 9:25am

I watched a lot of Olympics coverage over the last two weeks. A lot. New high-def screen, new high-def cable, spring break… what’s not to like? The whole time I was looking for something to blog about, but nothing really caught my eye. It wasn’t until the very end that I saw something really interesting happen (and no, it wasn’t the gold medal goal… but that was ...

Haiti, reality, and the distance of mass media
by Kevin Schut || posted on January 25th, 2010

[Brief note: I had already written this posting, and then was pointed to a relatively similar editorial on The Globe and Mail by Judith Timson. It's definitely worth a read--and we don't say exactly the same things.][Also, warning: this is, like many of my pieces, a rather lengthy essay. Apologies in advance, but I didn't feel I could do the topic justice with less...

Games for Education 2009
by Kevin Schut || posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 3:18pm

On October 2 & 9, I did an updated version of my workshop on using games for teaching. I re-post here a mostly-updated list of games that can be useful for teaching. I'm under no illusions that this is the best of such lists, but I hope that some of the stuff here is useful for you. Elementary School Games: - there are dozens of games aimed at kids from 4 to 12 o...

Older Posts

Copyright for Teachers (Workshop Resources)
by Kevin Schut on October 2nd, 2009 at 2:20pm
Canadian Copyright
by Kevin Schut on September 21st, 2009 at 5:00pm
The Death of Newspapers (and Journalism?)
by Kevin Schut on August 17th, 2009 at 8:18am
The Productive Uses of Discomfort
by Kevin Schut on July 16th, 2009 at 4:12pm
The Revolution is Being Televised, and Blogged, an
by Kevin Schut on June 21st, 2009 at 6:48pm
Learning in Recession-Time
by Kevin Schut on March 19th, 2009 at 6:51pm
Christians should make more Flowers
by Kevin Schut on March 2nd, 2009 at 8:23am
People Don't Make Sense
by Kevin Schut on January 18th, 2009 at 11:23pm
Are we celebrity obsessed?
by Kevin Schut on December 10th, 2008 at 7:46pm
Remembering Why I'm Here
by Kevin Schut on November 11th, 2008 at 4:06pm
Look Ma! I was on TV! (Please don't watch.)
by Kevin Schut on October 28th, 2008 at 7:25pm
Games for Education
by Kevin Schut on October 15th, 2008 at 3:51pm
The Internet is Short
by Kevin Schut on October 8th, 2008 at 10:32am
Please don’t vote for a TV personality!
by Kevin Schut on September 1st, 2008 at 1:51pm
Push me to the Olympics, please!
by Kevin Schut on August 17th, 2008 at 8:52pm
Of Anti-heroes and Pop Culture
by Kevin Schut on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:17pm
Label: Rise of Band is now available!
by Kevin Schut on July 3rd, 2008 at 11:15pm
Behind the surface of a computer game...
by Kevin Schut on June 30th, 2008 at 11:12am
A Professor of… Video games?
by Kevin Schut on June 18th, 2008 at 11:36am