Description
Naomi Janowitz and one of her former students share perspectives and recommendations regarding the benefits (including reduced distraction, improved engagement, and cultivated listening skills) of selective removal of certain technologies from our classrooms and our lives.
Link to the video [video.ucdavis.edu]
About the Interviewee
Naomi Janowitz is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis. She teaches classes on the religions of late antiquity, psychoanalytic approaches to religion, and taboos. Awarded the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, Professor Janowitz helps her students and her colleagues meaningly reflect upon the tools and purposes of a university education.
