James Groom, University of Mary Washington (Keynote)
2 screens: one showing the Twitter feed, and the other with his PowerPoint
Not in the field of research, in the field of recon: throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what works.
UMW Blogs: An educational publishing platform
Came about because of Wordpress MU (WFU uses this) Free software, the cost [...]
From Day One I was ready and interested in how the iPhone would change our relationship with the Internet and information. It’s why I stood in line to get it the first day it was available.
And it has changed how we expect to access certain types of information. Instead of jotting down notes to check [...]
Today I hosted the ZSR Library Staff Journal Reading Group. That meant that I got to pick the article, bring in treats, and make sure we had things to talk related to the article. I chose Why Professor Johnny Can’t Read:Understanding the Net Generation’s Texts in Innovate. The article was by Mark Mabrito and [...]
Apparently, a benefit of the Twitter diet is that I have time for things that typically take a bit more time and though… like blogging.
I’m thinking a lot about education lately. We’ve had great class discussions, and then I ran across this video by Sir Ken Robinson. Good stuff!
I gave a session and co-presented a session at the Innovations in Instruction Conference at Elon University. My first session had probably about 70 people in the room. It was a great crowd: engaged, ready to contribute, asked good questions… I had a really good time. Here is that presentation:
Learning From The Context
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