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Re: The ethics of virulent curriculum

Zummi Hariolus — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:27:44 -0000

By "phenomenology" you obviously mean sorcery. Great piece! ~

Re: On the move

Brian J. Arnold — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:18:42 -0000

Your mobility is fantastic. I find that when I get mobile it always comes with a price. Slower internet(Wi-fi vs LAN cable), smaller screen, less preferable keyboard. This may be a byproduct of making a really cozy nest for my primary workstation. I am going to try and be more mobile and see where it takes me!

Re: The Darkest Hour is Just Before Proposal Defense

Karen Bedell — Wed, 14 May 2014 13:35:11 -0000

Thank you for this. I am at the blank page/proposal stage right now, feeling a little uncertain and not-so-efficacious. It's encouraging to hear that in time, things will come together and I will eventually finish. I thought I would be more focused in my research interests by this point. Also thought I would be more published. I get down on myself for both those things but intellectually, I know it doesn't help to be self-critical. I hope you are enjoying your new position. Thanks again.

Re: Dear Google, Are You Listening?

Punya — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:06:25 -0000

Anders, thanks for a nice thought-provoking post. I was reminded of an essay I had read many years ago about the rhetorics of the web, by Nick Burbules at UIUC. http://faculty.education.il...

Re: Chris Sloan: Generating Authenticity

Punya Mishra — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:01:37 -0000

Now that my son is at the college application phase of his life - I wish I had read this earlier. Wonderful advice. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher. ~ punya

Re: Why Don’t I Write Anymore?: An Essay in Three Knots (Pt. 3)

ghostofbill — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:27 -0000

William, not "Bill". Sometimes it's OK to run a drop outside of your comfort zone.

Re: Watching TV may improve your teaching!

punya — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:07:50 -0000

I love it. Great post. I have often spoken about designing a semester as laying out a movie... if you remember we had a week in 917 where we had no readings - that was a deliberate slowing down of the pace, a moment of reflection, before the big climax of the end of the semester presentations. Sort of a similar idea. ~ punya

Re: Of dissertations, books, surviving grad school and beyond

colin terry — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:01:18 -0000

Thanks for the submission, Stephen. This is great advice. I am also interested in self-regulation and attentional control. And I am an advisee of Punya. Accordingly, I feel a certain kinship already! Thank you again. And I look forward to reading your book.

Re: Watching TV may improve your teaching!

Tracy Russo — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:16:08 -0000

Thanks to my partner in edtech fun with teaching, Mark DeLonge, for his help and contributions with the movie clips and prezi find!

Re: The Darkest Hour is Just Before Proposal Defense

Michelle Schira Hagerman — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:20:32 -0000

Beautifully written, Penny. And I couldn't agree more with your thoughts here. Not that I've actually finished and have the kind of perspective that you have just yet, but I agree that writing that proposal took me more time than I had ever imagined I would...and that, at many points through the process, I wondered why I had decided to leave my life as "an adult" :) For me, the added stress of having a little baby who wouldn't sleep through the night meant that I lived through this part of my program feeling like the undead. Actually, a Zombie might have felt a little more intellectually vibrant than I did...but with the end now in sight, pressing through seems like it might just lead me to actually achieve the things I set out to accomplish by taking this risk. Thanks for the perspective, which has give me an extra little push to get this dissertation finished!

Re: White House goes Drupal

PSD to Magento — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:15:14 -0000

The blog is
absolutely fantastic. Lots of great information and inspiration, both of
which we all need. Thanks.

Re: Of dissertations, books, surviving grad school and beyond

Stephen Vassallo — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:16:35 -0000

Thank you for your response. It is great to connect with you all. If you need anything, my email is vassallo@american.edu.

Re: Of dissertations, books, surviving grad school and beyond

Karen Bedell — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:12:09 -0000

Thank you for posting Stephen. Your words are encouraging to a student who is under published and still finding her place. I look forward to reading your book. Thanks for the advice and hope!

Re: Of dissertations, books, surviving grad school and beyond

jmichaelrosenberg — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:38:00 -0000

I agree with Michelle - thanks for sharing, Stephen!

Re: Of dissertations, books, surviving grad school and beyond

Michelle Schira Hagerman — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:37:22 -0000

Stephen -- Congratulations on the recent publication of your book! And, thank you so much for sharing your experiences as a doctoral student and new professor with the ideaplay.org community. As a doctoral student now asking many of the same questions that you asked of yourself at the same point in your development as a scholar, I appreciate the wisdom that your experiences have forged -- "surround yourself with awesome people, get to know scholars in your field, and role the dice." Thank you for the advice.

Re: ideaplay Chosen As #glassexplorers!

ideaplay — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:23:12 -0000

We're still waiting for the next set of instructions - we'll keep you posted!

Re: ideaplay Chosen As #glassexplorers!

Mete Akcaoglu — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:55:57 -0000

congratulations! When do we get to play with it? :)

Re: Yining Zhang Reflects on Serendipity in Learning 3.0

Anders Aamodt — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:44:33 -0000

The link above goes to Yining's main blog page. Here is a link directly to the article mentioned: http://yiningzhang.weebly.c...

Re: What Matchbox 20 Can Tell Us About Synchronous Hybrid Learning

36trusso@twitter.com — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:38:24 -0000

Sandra, 4 years ago I gave an alternative assignment for a human development course at WMU where students were encouraged to select music to illustrate life stages, and one of the best presentations had Matchbox 20 "What would it be like..." as the basis--which, with the student's permission I reused as an example of transforming traditional assignments into media-rich projects. I think your story is also about what motivates us to try harder, try new things, go beyond the known, and we do that because we are inspired by _________. As educators, who are we inspiring to go that extra mile or more, and how are we using technology to make those inspiring moments accessible to others around us?

Re: Student Engagement & a Tale of Two Images

Paul Morsink — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:35:43 -0000

The distortion in the first graph is an interesting point. So is the way Gallup measured engagement.

Apparently an engagement score was calculated from students' responses to the following five statements in the Gallup Student Poll Engagement Index:

I have a best friend at school.
I feel safe in this school.
My teachers make me feel my schoolwork is important.
At this school, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day.
In the last seven days, I have received recognition

From http://www.gallup.com/strat...

Perhaps others who know more than I about validated measures of engagement will weigh in here. What do you think of the statements Gallup used to gauge "engagement"?

Re: In TPACK, The Song Does Not Remain the Same

jmichaelrosenberg — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:29:18 -0000

Nice, William! I think this is interesting - the creative potential of TPACK.

--Josh

Re: On finding a writing partner

Lucia — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:02:13 -0000

Hello Michelle! I so enjoyed taking the literacy and technology class, years ago now, with you and others.

I think it is very important to do writing that is unassigned. I regularly write poems, essays, and other kinds of genres that I am introduced to. I often share them with students and colleagues, as scary as that is. But just as it is important to read outside of what others tell you to read, risks in writing is essential to maintain a self-directed learning practice.

You are such a busy mom and scholar! But I'm hoping that you will be writing a poem soon!

Re: Genres in Technology: The Update Upheaval

Penny Thompson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:44:06 -0000

I like "genre" as a way to think about this. Thinking of it that way also helps counteract any tendency to put technology before pedagogy. If you're thinking in terms of genre it seems to me it would be easier to focus on what problems that genre can solve, and harder to accidentally slip into the "how can I use X feature of Y product in my teaching?" mindset.

Re: Some Tips for Keeping Track

jmichaelrosenberg — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:48:06 -0000

Glad you saw that - here's Twitter "favorite" to Instapaper (https://ifttt.com/recipes/5... and here's Google Reader star to Instapaper (https://ifttt.com/recipes/5...

Thanks for commenting :)

Re: Some Tips for Keeping Track

Dawnmarie Ezzo — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:20:18 -0000

I enjoyed reading about your ifttt+instapaper method of sorting through social media links and sources you want to explore later. Would you consider sharing the recipe with your readers?