For over a month, my students have engaged in working on a few different wiki projects (Utopias, –Isms, and Book Discussions), but the excitement climaxed when they started collaborating with a group of 8th graders from Wallingford, CT. The students started to create their own spaces to talk about the …
I hate to resort to cliche, but I’m afraid that there isn’t much that I can do about that now. I have already committed way too too much of my time to choosing a name for a podcast that doesn’t even exist yet. Cameron Reilly over at The Podcast Network …
There is a new type of reputation out there. It lingers and builds long after you you have stopped caring about it. Managing it is hard. Too many elements to focus on, and too little time to maintain them all. So, you do what you can.You look for just the …
I was at a wedding this past weekend and I had a sort of epiphany. I’m not really sure why it was at a wedding rather than anywhere else, but I immediately took the white paper napkin clinging to the bottom of a cold water glass near me and I …
CSAP can do weird things to you. It kind of goes to work on your head. There is nothing unique about your test. It is the same as everyone else’s. And so you crave to do something original, to snap the unending monotony of test giving and test taking. The …
Paper is: • Static. • Linear. • Finite. • Singular. Digital Writing is: • Dynamic. • Multi-dimensional. • Infinite. • Pluralistic. With these things in mind, all writing should be: • Infinitely editable • Inherently clickable • Continually discussed • Focused on revisions and the history of revisions. Dave Cormier …
Getting a service un-banned is much harder than getting it banned. Whether it is a book, a substance, or a website, once something has been declared undesirable, it is nearly impossible to see it as wholesome again. It has now something to be guarded against, something to be feared. It …
Resources are scarce. People are scrounging around, negotiating uneasy solutions, forgoing all tact. The truth is: people are desperate. They want what other people have. The computers. It always comes down to the computers. “When can I schedule my class in the lab? What times exactly do you need the …
I started podcasting in my car on the way to school. This is the one time that I am completely alone during the day. Barring a hideous accident that threatens life and limb, nothing is going to interrupt me and my thoughts. So, I started thinking really big. I …
The following is an essay written as an example for my Core 4 students. Their essays, as well as mine, is part of a multi-cultural novel unit and persuasion unit focused on the concept of change. My essay is a work in progress, and should be treated as such. Identity …