“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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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 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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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 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...
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....
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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...
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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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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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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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