Historical Archives
I was going to say education, but I think it’s bigger than that. I spent some time this morning reading around a collection of linked blog posts and articles related to connectedness, web 2.0, education, democracy, etc. Jen argues that the future of education is not Web 2.0, and I think I agree. It’s not…
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…
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,…
In the composition field, process has been the buzzword for well over 20 years. The idea behind the buzzword is that for good writing to happen, teachers can’t focus on the commas and spelling. Some attention needs to be paid to how that writing gets onto the paper in the first place. Only then will…
Multiple FA Channels Originally uploaded by lorda. During ELI, Intellagirl showed a WoW screen filled with lots of information and proclaimed that this is what many of your students are used to–viewing multiple channels at once. This picture is from my computer during Barbara Sawhill’s talk at Faculty Academy. I have the Ustream page and…
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…
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