edupunk

July 7, 2009

Have you got a 27B-stroke-6?

Edupunk vs. EduIT in a nutshell? I tend to see Jim Groom as Harry Tuttle. But YMMV. I’d probably trust Tony Hirst more with plumbing. Continue reading

edupunk, Mike Caulfield

edupunk
June 22, 2007

Messaging, Phatic Overhead, and the Right to Connect

There’s a number of articles, none of which I’ve read, that propose (or assume) that SMS messaging is used as a phatic system. Under this analysis SMS is like the chatter of the monkeys in trees, a chatter which is primarily used to say “Are you still there?” “Yep. You?” “Yep. Still here. How about Continue reading

edupunk

arts, edupunk, learning

About Me

My current work focuses on how students and citizens can use AI for “co-reasoning”, learning to tap into the power of LLMs to both model and critique arguments.

As creator of the SIFT methodology, I have taught thousands of teachers and students how to verify claims and sources through his workshops. My book with Sam Wineburg, Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online, was published by the University of Chicago Press in November 2023.

edupunk

Have you got a 27B-stroke-6?

Messaging, Phatic Overhead, and the Right to Connect