In his presentation Haves and Have Nots: Does Technology Unite or Divide Us? Dr. Bill Rankin will consider how changes in the quantity and access of information are likely to transform the ways we live, work, and communicate.
Clips from Spotlight:
- Scene from Ron Fricke’s Baraka (1992)
- Playing for Change, Stand by Me
- Kutiman, ThruYou remixes
- Eric Whitacre, Lux Aurumque
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Bill Rankin is an associate professor of English and Director of Educational Innovation with research interests in medieval literature and the future of the book. In the spring of 2007 he began working with a team of educators on what became the ACU Connected mobile learning initiative and in 2009 was named an Apple Distinguished Educator.