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Me and Steve Jobs: How to Deliver a Great Presentation
Saturday, February 20th, 2010I’ve been invited to talk about social media in education at the annual NHWHEL Spring Conference in April. It’s very exciting because I have so many recent examples not only from Keene State College, but from K-16 across the country. My plan is to share examples of how students, when encouraged to use technology that they’ve [...]
Results From The Pew Internet Project Study
Thursday, February 11th, 2010The Read/Write Web recently posted an article about the diminishing number of young adults who blog: ”Kids Don’t Blog Anymore? Maybe They Never Did“. Published on the heels of research results from the Pew Internet Project, the RW article was just one of many that claimed kids were more likely to use social networking sites rather [...]
Platform for Participation = Media Literacy
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Michael Wesh’s video ethnography “A Vision of Students Today” has made the rounds in the ed tech circles for some time but an explanation of how it came to fruition is detailed in his 2008 lecture given at the University of Manitoba. If you’re interested in media literacy, student learning, web 2.0, or education, [...]
The Seduction of Twitter
Friday, August 14th, 2009161 days.
That’s how much time has elapsed between my last post on March 6th and today. I’ve felt the pull back to this space but at times it felt like, well, work. Writing isn’t a fluid activity for me so the thought of sitting down to compose my thoughts into a coherent post became more [...]
Drowning in the information tidal wave
Saturday, October 11th, 2008I admit it. My last post was rather cranky (see “I’m not your Information Butler“). I was frustrated by the dependence on ‘old’ methods of information sharing. The reliance on face-to-face contact and targeted phone calls to get information out is understandable given that it’s familiar. My frustration, however, is that we are not using [...]
I’m not your Information Butler
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Warning: Rant Below
“Do you have some time tomorrow to swing by my office for some Blackboard training? I’m interested in posting my syllabus and learning how to manage my roster”.
“Sure, is 10AM okay with you?”
“Yep, see you at 10″
This is an example of the type of conversation that I have everyday. Pretty banal, eh? The [...]