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  • Guess we need to build a dog house in the office

    Way back in the olden days of 2004: I was first getting my blogging legs under me. I had returned to UMW as an instructional technology specialist under the inspired leadership of Gardner Campbell. I began to find and connect with other people at other institutions who were doing amazing stuff. And I started to…

  • Undergraduate Research on the Open Web

    For the last two years, I’ve been working with professor Denis Nissim-Sabat in the department of psychology here at UMW. He teaches a course every fall on the history of psychology, and in 2010 we started working on a project to transform the final projects students were doing in the class to digital presentations. Previously, students…

  • Huh.

    This morning, as I was waiting in the car rider line at my daughter’s school to drop her off, I heard this on the radio: “Rumors abound that gas prices are about to spike. They could go as high as $5.00/gallon at 8:42.” Shit. I looked at the clock in my car. It was 8:31.…

  • A Rambling Post about Birthdays, Thursdays, and Music

    Yesterday’s Daily Create: Using your voice as the only instrument, create a recording of a verse and/or chorus from your favorite song. At some point yesterday afternoon, Tim bowed out for a few minutes and came back and shared his version of this assignment. (Go listen to that NOW!) I thought that was the coolest…

  • Sprung

    The topic this week in di202 (ably led by Lindsay) was about deception online, particularly with how it relates to digital identity and the formation of relationships online. Here’s what I find fascinating about this topic: I have a sense that our formation of relationships online is fundamentally different than our formation of relationships IRL…

  • The Cult of 4LIFE

    I don’t know about the accusation that DS106 is ‘over-branded.’ I think it’s far more accurate to acknowledge that it is a definitely a cult. To that end, I reworked this TIME magazine cover. (Next up: I want to figure out how to animate those tentacles.)

  • Don’t Mind Me. I’m Just Picking a Conference Theme.

    It’s that time of year again. We’re gearing up for Faculty Academy 2012. This year we’re ahead on getting some stuff done (speakers lined up, some logistics planned), and behind on picking a conference theme. Mostly, the theme is just important so that we (and this year that means Tim!) can design publicity. We brainstormed…

  • On the Road

    Tonight in class the topic was Creative Commons, but, really, it was an opportunity to talk about copyright, public domain, fair use, and the whole CC movement. I had asked everyone to consider the question “Why are we talking about copyright in a class about digital identity and citizenship?”

  • Five Weeks In

    I am ashamed to admit this, but I am five weeks into di202, and I haven’t blogged about it. At all. This is particularly horrid since I’ve started to really push the di202ers to blog more about more stuff. I know better than to preach and not practice. 

  • Tele-TED

    I’m spending this weekend all alone, and taking advantage of the peace and quiet to explore some new #ds106 assignments. Here’s my fantasy TED talk: I can’t explain it, but I went through a period in my mid-20’s when I was totally addicted to the Teletubbies. I found the show fascinating — and watching it…