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It is about the students (and we are all students)
But we so often forget that we are all students. And that is why I loved this post at Students 2.0. The only thing I love more than a student is a cheeky, independent minded student who calls it as she sees it. So yeah–Where IS the student in “edupunk”? In fact, where is the […]
Read More..>>fiction first
I have this theory: fiction paves the way for reality. Will we be able to thank Philip Pullman sometime soon for freeing us from the burden of passwords and ppin numbers? A pair of scientists say they can make it happen. Daemon credit cards or not, I want to thank him […]
Read More..>>Ed Ayers and Joe Hoyle Talk Shop
EEK! I just realized I never posted this link to the video of Hoyle and Ayers!
enjoy this video
Death of Education, Dawn of Learning
At our fabulous end of year lunch today, we were talking about the possible death of No Child Left Behind when the new administration is in office next year. While we all agreed that SOL’s have been a terrible travesty as they have focussed all education on testing, there was a […]
Read More..>>Drawing Pictures
This article struck a chord with me. Science educators are exploring an innovative way to help students learn: drawing. This is something I have been experimenting with too. Here is a picture my students came up with earlier this year when we were reading Nietzsche’s “On the Geneaology of Morals.” During […]
Read More..>>creativity and collaboration–LOEX 2008
I didn’t expect to get information that would be so important to me at this conference for library instruction since that is not my field. But Laurel Ofstein from the Depaul Center for Creativity and Innovation spoke as a keynote and helped me to see a model for a work environment that SO appeals […]
Read More..>>Of birds and blogs
That is a picture of the nest outside my window at home. I have become a bit obssessed with the bird family, watching the momma bird spread her wings to keep the rain off the eggs and snuggling down on them when it gets cold. But she abandons her job at the slightest […]
Read More..>>Go 2.0!
NITLE alerted me to this article on a study showing how effective social networking tools are in getting information out. And this post over at the Common Carft Show tells me that May 1 is now “RSS Day”! (there is an organization promoting it who claims only 94% of internet users use RSS…could […]
Read More..>>Meme:Passion Quilt
I am grateful to be a reader of Tricia’s Miss Rumphius Effect because her dedicated writing gives me the opportunity to know her better–and to learn all kinds of great things about books and poetry! So I am answering her “tag” here, happy to be a part of such a wonderful quilt.
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Who is this “We” we are talking about?
After following some links, I ended up at this post over at Connectivism. Various people are discussing the merits of the idea that, when discussing technology and teaching, we should always put pedagogy first. It is an interesting discussion, to be sure, but I want to raise a different question, a question that […]
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