John Dyer, PhD

Writing

Course Syllabus: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era

By John Dyer on April 20, 2009March 5, 2020

A humorous, but enlightening syllabus for a class on writing in the “postprint” era. Writing for nonreaders in the postprint era: “Students will examine why former generations carried around heavy clumpsContinue readingCourse Syllabus: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era

Language Shapes Our Worldview

By John Dyer on April 14, 2009March 5, 2020

A psychology professor at Stanford University found that in languages with gender, the gender assigned to an objects tends to shape the way a speaker views that’s object. For example,Continue readingLanguage Shapes Our Worldview

Survey Says Facebook Users Get Lower Grades

By John Dyer on April 14, 2009March 5, 2020

A study from educational researches at the Ohio State University found that students who regularly used facebook only study 1-5 hours per week and had GPAs in the 3.0-3.5 range,Continue readingSurvey Says Facebook Users Get Lower Grades

BibleTech:2009 – Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith

By John Dyer on April 8, 2009March 5, 2020

The fine folks at Logos have posted the audio and slides of the BibleTech:2009 conference talks. Here is my presentation slides synced with the audio using slideshare.net. (note: the titleContinue readingBibleTech:2009 – Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith

Read the Bible: Greek and Hebrew Reading Experiment

By John Dyer on April 4, 2009March 5, 2020

For my BibleTech:2009 presentation (“Technology Is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith“), I created an example site to demonstrate what I like to call “technological minimalism” in BibleContinue readingRead the Bible: Greek and Hebrew Reading Experiment

Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (Review)

By John Dyer on March 23, 2009March 5, 2020

The Question T. David Gordon believes that the majority of preaching today is rather poor, not so much in its content, but in its form as preaching. As a practitionerContinue readingWhy Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (Review)

Risk-Reducing Technologies Increase Risk-Taking

By John Dyer on March 21, 2009March 5, 2020

The Pope and a Harvard scientist make an interesting argument that AIDS is increasing in Africa precisely because of condom distribution.

TwitterVoice3D: Creativity, Chaos, and Order in the Online World

By John Dyer on March 19, 2009March 5, 2020

A few weeks ago, I decided that rather than write words about a technology, I would write code using technology that would hopefully communicate in a way words cannot. TwitterContinue readingTwitterVoice3D: Creativity, Chaos, and Order in the Online World