Historical Archives
My students and I reading some articles and blog posts focused on the issue of technology integration into courses. We’re also interviewing several faculty to find out what they use, why they do or don’t take advantage of technological resources, etc. It’s been interesting so far. Today’s reading includes this blog post by James Farmer…
On Friday, I gave yatob*. We were the last panel and so, with time compressed, we went straight for the demo, skipping the slides altogether. It’s actually nice to know a topic so well to be able to speak almost extemporaneously on the topic. I had prepared well, though, so it didn’t matter that the…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what educational/instructional technologists should or will be doing 5 years from now. Some of my thinking was prompted by this post, lamenting the technological gap that exists between teachers and technologists. The author was not, as I often am, saying that the teachers need to get with the…
Yesterday, I shouted out via Twitter my frustration at having to do some menial labor on behalf of a couple of faculty. I actually didn’t mean to shout that to the world, but most people sympathized, even empathized. I’ve been trying ever since to analyze the reasons for my frustration. I’ve had the experience in…
Andy writes a post about how everyone’s taking this whole EDUPUNK thing too seriously. Maybe that’s true, but I think it’s interesting how people get their panties in a wad over some people encouraging others to have fun in teaching and learning. And who are having fun themselves. Maybe it’s the other people taking themselves…
Like Alan, I had my head down while the Edupunk meme flew around the blogosphere and landed in the Chronicle. I first caught wind of it at Leslie’s (which seems to be where most everyone else caught it, too), and she provides a great summary of the whole movement. My favorite post so far, however,…
Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of visiting the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. I’ve been following the development and progress of this schools via its principal, Chris Lehmann’s blog. I’m not a K-12 educator, but I like to frequently remind myself and others, that the students currently going through K-12 will eventually be our…
I think I can safely say that most, if not all, faculty go into a classroom with the idea that their students will learn something. Many spend a lot of trying to guarantee that learning will happen. They think long and hard about what students should learn and the process by which they should learn…
Here’s this argument again. Read the comments. They’re fascinating. I don’t have any problem with dictating that students close their laptops on occasion, but banning altogether is ridiculous. We need to keep working to find a way to engage the technology and our students. And you gotta just love the nostalgia of this quote: students…
The quote came in response to a question from the audience about how to create more faculty like Michael Wesch. Michael said, “Get out of my way.” This is just my perspective, based on my 5 years’ experience in this specific role and my over 10 years’ experience in higher ed. Many IT people and…
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