Last week I photographed Susan Metros, associate vice provost at the University of Southern California, for a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the increased use of student-produced video projects as homework, sometimes in lieu of traditional written essays. Although I’m not sure about using videos as a replacement for writing, I do agree that it’s a good idea to go beyond passive media literacy to actually having students produce videos and think visually. And it’s become easier than ever, with the majority of students having computers and at least some form of video device in their possession. Unfortunately, the shoot took place after students were done with any relevant projects, so there was nothing actually happening that I could photograph. But we tried to make the most of it with an empty computer lab and some helpful assistants who logged into every computer for me and put them all on the same website. Here’s a link to the article if the topic interests you: http://su.pr/30S4vM