The journal is proud to announce the publication of issue 27.05, a Special
Issue titled "Essentials, Dilemmas, and ProTips: Teaching Media Studies." This
month's articles:


Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, "Listening to a Train of Thought: Voice Memos as
Alternative to Discussion Board Posts"
<https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/listening-to-a-train-of-thought/>

After discussing the dreaded weekly discussion post assignment, Juan
Llamas-Rodriguez considers the voice memo as a suitable alternative.


Scott Tulloch, "Trauma Informed Approaches to Media Studies: Reflections
from an Epicenter"
<https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/trauma-informed-approaches-to-media-studies/>

Reflecting upon the trauma of living through the Covid-19 pandemic and
reckoning with systemic racism, Scott Tulloch suggests trauma-informed
approaches to media studies pedagogy.


Victoria Grace Walden, "A Meta-Media Studies Approach to Digital Pedagogy"
<https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/meta-media-studies/>

Looking closely at virtual classroom experiences, Victoria Grace Walden
suggests a 'meta-media studies' approach to consider how we teach with and
about #edtech.


Meera Govindasamy and Jonathan Petrychyn, "Embodied Teaching and the
Precarious Labor of Social Justice Media"
<https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/embodied-teaching/>

Meera Govindasamy and Jonathan Petrychyn explore the extra labor of
adapting in-person courses to online through the lens of precarious
academic employment and maintaining a commitment to the principles of
Universal Design for Learning (UDL).


Matthew Hale, "How to Use Keynote to Create Better Video Essays"
<https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/keynote/>

Matthew Hale's video essay reflects on remote teaching and provides a
walkthrough of his Keynote workflow.


Sharon Lauricella, "Using Media to Teach Media: How the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning Slayed the Online Scene"
<https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/using-media-to-teach-media/>

Reflecting on the shift to online teaching, Sharon Lauricella explores how
social media became a venue for teaching and to learn about teaching from
the online academic community.



*Flow* <http://flowjournal.org/> is a critical forum on television and
media culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film
<https://rtf.utexas.edu/> at the University of Texas at Austin. *Flow*'s
mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss
media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary
media.

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