Hi everyone, I’m Eliot Chayt. This is my 2nd year at BMCC as a full-time lecturer in the Speech, Communication, Theatre, and WGS dept. I’m a keen fan of OER and copyleft and always looking to brainstorm, collaborate, and integrate new ideas into my classes. Right now, I’m interested in finding out better ways to make my COM 100 class textbook free. Last semester was my first attempt to do so, and I went with a patchwork approach that could certainly be improved. I’m also interested in finding out what people are doing with student-produced media. My interest in the Winter seminar was piqued by reference to podcasts, as I have a background in sound engineering and radio and I’m trying to integrate more recording into assignments and also just want to see what resources we have access to. I’m also the Communication Studies club advisor, and making podcasts has come up from time to time as a student interest.
Eliot Chayt
