Category Archives: Blogs in Classrooms

consequences in education, oh, and on that remixing stuff

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Michael

I’m always being in my Harper’s reading. During my vacation (4C’s in NYC, and now in Pittsburgh), I was finally able to catch up on the September 2006 issue. There’s a pretty good Forum on using video games that might … Continue reading →

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grad school colloquium on wednesday

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Michael

The English Department is holding a grad school colloquium on Wednesday, and my proposal was accepted about a month ago. I’m struggling in how to narrow down a 30-page rough draft of a chapter into a 15-minute talk (which is … Continue reading →

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Controlled and watered down literacies in classrooms

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Michael

Clarence Fisher over at Remote Access discusses something I think is pretty important: the co-opting of cultural literacies for the classroom, without actually using them in ways they are actually used. He write about blogging, for instance, where the teacher … Continue reading →

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lots of talking today…

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Michael

This week has been busy. I haven’t gone to bed a single night this week without feeling like I got less than half of my to-do list done. This might not seem so bad to others, since it’s only Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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