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Algorithmic Education
Any teacher that can be replaced with a computer, deserves to be. -attributed to David Thornburg This is a favorite quote bandied about by many ed-tech specialists. It suggests that professional...
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Somewhere along the way…
I became a professor. I’m not really sure how it happened, but it did. When I started my current appointment at Kansas State University, the whole culture of the tenure-track college professor was...
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Finding True Happiness
Right now I am reading a book by Fr. Robert Spitzer, Jesuit priest and retired president of Gonzaga University, entitled Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active...
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Free Range Halloween
Wow, has it really been since August since I posted anything? That is really much too long, my apologies. I won’t go into all of the details of my harried life, but let’s just say I have needed the...
View ArticleMy work in school and society
Wow, it’s been a long time since I posted on this blog. I’ve been decompressing after a long and challenging semester. Now I’m getting into full summer mode. We have kids’ ball games 3-4 nights a week....
View ArticleThis American Life Retraction
During the first month or so of this semester, my Digital Media 1 students were asked to listen to and reflect on each week’s podcast of This American Life as an example of excellent storytelling. We...
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People Not Components
There is a saying I’ve heard several times in my career – if you think you are absolutely critical to the success of this organization, stick your hand in a bucket of water then pull it back out. The...
View ArticleFacebook Parenting for Troubled Teens
This incredible video was posted 4 days ago and has struck a chord. It will soon surpass 15 million views. I saw it when it was 2 days old and already had over 10 million views. I don’t think you could...
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Overcoming Techno-Distance
I was on Twitter yesterday and glanced at the trending topics. I don’t always pay attention to these, but ”R.I.P.” was trending and I became curious about who had died. I quickly learned that two...
View Article“Touchscreen” Slam & the Cyborgs
I’ve been on a similar rant as this guy this semester… Sherry Turkle, Author of “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other” noticed this “cyborg effect” watching young...
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