Historical Archives
I didn’t write about the NY Times article on how the Internet is causing reading to decline, but a few others did. I’ve been thinking about it and discussing it with others. My thoughts aren’t fully formed. This morning, I was reading this post and then this one, and they’re not really related, but they…
I found this article by Paula Krebs to be quite revealing about faculty vis a vis collaboration. Everything I do is like the Institute Ms. Krebs ran. In fact, I direct or co-direct an Institute every summer. Many staff do these kinds of things here because most faculty won’t. Any project I do has to…
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…
Last week we got a Wii fit. I didn’t get around to setting it up until the weekend, but now I’ve done a Wii workout every day. It’s pretty fun. I had a workout “game” for the PS2, but it was somewhat dull. It worked well and had I stuck with it, probably would have…
Those with babies might think I’m talking about the midnight feedings, the all-night cry sessions. Nope, I’m talking about my need to stay up way later than I should simply to get in enough “me” time. After dinner, I pretty much disappear. Occasionally, we’ll do something together, but most of the time, we all take…
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…
Even though my house is a disaster, I’m going to spend the weekend alternating between relaxing and reading and writing. My goal–read through several articles for a class, read through material for an article I’m writing, and begin to sketch out said article. I put this here to hold myself accountable. And now to fill…
A must see for Friday. I might have to buy this. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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