Historical Archives
I have some random thoughts I want to capture here that I’ve been thinking about over the last few days. I haven’t exactly figured out how this all ties together or exactly what I think, but I’m putting it out there anyway. I’ve written before about the ways in which administrative work is intellectual work…
A while back, I made a podcast (which seems to have disappeared) about how I thought Google docs weren’t quite ready for the education sphere. For some projects, that’s still true. If you need footnotes or even a lot of endnotes, Google docs won’t make that easy for you. But if, like me, most of…
A few weeks ago, I finally broke down and bought WoW. I’ve been avoiding this for years because I knew I’d love it. I’ve been playing during most of my free moments ever since. I’ve been playing video games since I was 12 and have always become quickly obsessed with the game du jour. I…
I found this article about how girls are generally outpacing boys in Internet content creation interesting. I used some of the stats from the Pew study in a presentation a few years ago. I do think there’s a disconnect somewhere in that girls’ interest in blogging, creating web pages, podcasting, etc. often doesn’t translate into…
Because the synapses are still slow to fire, I’m going to point you to New Kid’s post about technology, which is really fun. I love just playing around with technology, but often no longer have the time now that it’s my job. Ironic, huh. Actually, I have to make the time. New Kid may have…
Sorry to have disappeared like that. We’re digging out from under the chaos that was created during the great flu epidemic. I had to do things like laundry and grocery shopping–whee! Plus, I spent time playing games and watching tv instead of blogging. It happens. Something about illness in the house makes your brain go…
Day 44: It will all work out Originally uploaded by lorda. This has been a week when I’ve needed to repeat this phrase to myself over and over again. Both of the kids got the flu. There was ice and snow. There was lots of work to get done. There has been no food in…
Hooray! I love this article about how we need to stop focusing on teaching handwriting. There are many other ways to get words onto a screen. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
I’ve felt out of sorts for the last couple of days without any symptoms of something specific. I felt run down, cold, almost feverish, but no sign of congestion or actual fever. I’ve chalked it up to a 40 degree drop in temperature–truly caused by the weather. Although I went to work yesterday, I just…
Here’s some links I’ve collected, but not written about. Educause’s attempt to keep the anti-piracy provisions out of the latest education bill. Sadly, they were unsuccessful. (via Gardner) Bryan links to his podcast on digital storytelling. He’s always worth listening to. Liz Losh writes about Wesch’s video and responses to it. Haven’t had a chance…
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