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Monthly Archives: May 2008
A short explanation from a terminal smasher (or, Blackboard as an access control company)
YAAY! I am also going to smash all my corporate-made computers and hand-build my own. It’s NOT about the vehicle – it’s how you use it… — Lee (no last name provided) dismissing EDUPUNK in a comment on the Chronicle … Continue reading
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Bowling Alone, the Local Internet, and XBox Live
From Putnam, 1995: The most whimsical yet discomfiting bit of evidence of social disengagement in contemporary America that I have discovered is this: more Americans are bowling today than ever before, but bowling in organized leagues has plummeted in the … Continue reading
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Edupunk
Jim Groom brings a new term into being in a recent post — edupunk. There’s a couple reasons why I find the term useful, but the most important is that it captures the cultural revulsion many of us feel with … Continue reading
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Why Halo 3 is more educational than “intellectual” games
I always *felt* like I should be a gamer. After all, I built educational games for a good portion of my career — first for children (reading readiness software), then for Columbia University and Cable & Wireless, where the name … Continue reading
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Made the jump to Linux
Vista on my budget laptop was the straw that broke the camel’s back. (really, there must be a better and more current saying for that, but I’m pre-coffee today). I was losing an untold amount of time clicking links and … Continue reading
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UMW Faculty Academy — on Ustream!
So I was unaware until I got a twitter from Jim that the UMW faculty academy was on UStream.tv. They are off air right now, but they should be starting up around 11:15. I’ve embedded the Ustream below. Live Videos … Continue reading
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Ning Death Syndrome (a.k.a the Dead Shark Problem)
I’m a big fan of Ning, and lately I’ve been gearing up to launch an Alumni site in it. The first email invites will go out tomorrow. Well, not exactly the first invites. And therein lies a story. See, before … Continue reading
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If a Columnist Calls a Tail a Leg…
There was yet another Andrew Keen inspired article last week bemoaning the age of “wikiality” — an age of supposed gullibility of us internet sorts. It begins with shocking news — people are getting quotes wrong, and Web 2.0 is … Continue reading
