Since Sundays are often pancake days, here’s a very cool blog for inspirtions, Jim’s Pancakes. I mean, seriously. These are cool.
- ianqui writes about her mother’s problem with boundaries
- Cathy Davidson on this article quantifying the costs of humanities and social science publishing. I need to think about this more. One key figure for me: 47% of the cost is in the editorial process. In light of some things I’ve read, mainly Shirky, it seems the filter first-publish second method is not only slow, but not cost effective.
- Historiann asks “How do you define good teaching?” Thoughtful questions. Of course, there’s tons of research out there on what creates an effective learning environment (good teaching is usually mostly about having students who learn the material). Sadly, most faculty aren’t given the time to read this research, although at many institutions, there are teaching resource centers or teaching and learning centers where faculty can learn more. There’s more to her post than that, so go read.
- Leslie Madsen-Brooks on the UC situation and the call by faculty at the “more prestigious” UC schools for the regeants to abandon the schools that serve a more diverse population of students (diverse in many ways).
- Speaking of white privilege, Eric Stoller links to a Colbert Report clip on the topic.
Once again, I find myself with a collection of links that I could have blogged about, but didn’t. So here ya go:
First from del.icio.us:
- A collection of journals in Instructional Technology, found via Twitter people.
- Stephen Downes on the future of online learning. Seems to be the topic of the week.
- Instructions for tracking flash videos via Google Analytics, might be useful to someone somewhere.
- Songbird–a Linux-based music database thingy. Kind of like iTunes.
- Ordering pizza via Tivo. Holy cow! I’m in heaven.
- Once again with feeling–women are leaving CS in droves.
- Why academics should blog. Seriously worth reading.
- Will Higher Ed go the way of the auto industry? Hmmm.
And now from the reader file:
- Should education change and if so, how? Help George Siemens figure it out. I may contribute to this later today.
- Leslie on Tennessee’s decision to require a system to catch file sharers. It’s a great post, very much worth reading as she covers lots of network privacy issues. Also check out my DMCA posts, where I talked about my opposition to this very thing that got passed in TN–ugh.
- Cathy Davidson on the NY Times article linked to above.
- Jane on not having a plan C for childcare. Been there done that. Still there.
Enjoy!
Here’s some links I’ve collected, but not written about.
- Educause’s attempt to keep the anti-piracy provisions out of the latest education bill. Sadly, they were unsuccessful. (via Gardner)
- Bryan links to his podcast on digital storytelling. He’s always worth listening to.
- Liz Losh writes about Wesch’s video and responses to it. Haven’t had a chance to explore all the links she includes. This is a rich post.
- Post and link to article about the democratic candidate’s web sites. Barack’s a Mac and Hillary’s a PC. I think Barack’s site is built on Drupal. Hillary’s has jsp behind some of the pages.
- The need for creativity in engineering.
- Martha continues the conversation about fear and relevance in instructional technology.
- Gardner writes about a disastrous final talk at ELI and the audience’s response. I’m not proud of my participation in said response.
- Another post from Liz Losh about the future of student writing.
I’m too tired to write an actual post, so here’s some links, with a tiny bit of commentary:
- NY Times Article on Decline in Tenure-Track jobs–via 11D, good discussion there.
- A semi-scientific listing of the most influential blogs.
- A powerpoint on technology trends among students. My thought, yes, technology makes things convenient, but we need to push beyond the convenience factor. More on the study here.
- Via SmartMobs, news about a Smart Closet that helps you decide what to wear. That is so cool.
There may be blogging later. I’ve got some posts percolating, so if you’re bored over the holiday, feel free to stop by.
I’m actually going into work in a bit, both to work on getting ready for the first day of classes and to do some student advising (which I hope I don’t totally screw up). Here’s some interesting posts and links to get you through the day:
- Bitch, Ph.D. on the crazy housing market in California.
- A report from the EFF on the RIAA’s efforts to defeat illegal downloading by suing people. It’s been four years since the first case. I think I’ll be coming back to this with more commentary tomorrow.
- MMF on whether suburbia is friendly toward children.
- Nels on the “Senator Craig incident.” I must say I’ve been mystified by the coverage of this. Even NPR seems to not want to discuss it in any detail. It’s weird. Nels’ analysis of the situation and comparison to similar incidents is spot on.
- An article from IHE about new teaching methods, including using America the Book as a textbook. Be careful, as always, treading into the comments. It’s revealing how many faculty know nothing or next to nothing about how people actually learn. And then there’s the elitism factor. Sigh.
I don’t have time to blog these more fully, but I found these two posts/articles interesting. The first is from Inside Higher Ed reporting on a discussion about dealing with the generation gap in offices. Since I spent about 1/2 hour yesterday discussing the pros and cons of various tattoo and piercing locations with my students yesterday, I found it particularly ironic.
The second is an extended commentary on a Brooks column I haven’t read about “The Age of Independence,” an age I totally skipped, I guess. Though I didn’t have my first kid until 27, so if you count college, I got in nearly a decade. Since I was completely broke, it didn’t feel much like independence, but whatever.
My brain is still full and unable to produce truly coherent thought. I am thinking about several issues right now and will try to come up with something more thoughtful later. Here are some links, some related to my thoughts, some random. Also check out my shared items from my reader in the left sidebar.
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Instructional Design Models
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YouTube – Pat Tillman’s family insulted for being atheists by Army
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Adventures in Ethics and Science: And the point of publishing scientific findings was what again?
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Assigning Collaborative Writing
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UWC @ TAMU – Collaborative Writing
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Collaborative Writing
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Video: RSS in Plain English | Common Craft – Social Design for the Web
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Map: Welcome to the Blogosphere | Technology | DISCOVER Magazine
It’s been a long week that started off badly, so I’ll leave you all with some interesting (I hope) links.
- Last night I went to hear one of my old poetry teachers, Yusef Komunyakaa
. I also had the pleasure of having dinner with him and some colleagues in the writing program. It was wonderful all the way around and I highly recommend reading his work–or better yet hearing him read it.
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Joho the Blog: [berkman] Wendy Seltzer on ChillingEffects and copyright take-downs
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RIAA files 23 lawsuits against NCSU – News
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Logic+Emotion: The End of Thought Leadership (As We Know It)
if you have adverse reactions when you hear strange words like “blogging” or “twittering”—then you are a fool. I’m sorry but it’s true. We need to investigate the latest tools to the best of our abilities and decide how they impact our own worlds.
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UMS refuses to hand student info to RIAA – News
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Teachers Teaching Teachers #48 – Hard Questions for Teachers Who Teach Blogging | EdTechTalk
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Tasty Data Goodies – Swivel
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Adventures in Ethics and Science: Is solving the absenteeism/attendance issue really a matter of framing?
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New bill lets colleges use federal funds to fight P2P
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EFF takes Viacom to task over YouTube takedown | CNET News.com
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The Chronicle: 2/16/2007: From YouTube to YouNiversity
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Music Exec Rebuts Apple’s Critique of DRM
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Ultimate Guide to Using Technorati
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bubbl.us – brainstorming with style
via Collin
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LifeDev
via Collin
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Thinkature – Real-time collaboration for the web
via Collin
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