Category Archives: Internet culture

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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connected learning

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Michael

I am listening to Will Richardson’s presentation on connected learning (also available here). One of his most salient points for me was on making connections and pattern recognition. He says (I tried to transcribe this accurately): […]recognizing patterns is huge.[…] … Continue reading →

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media diary for Monday, January 15

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Michael

I’m enamored with Johnson-Eilola’s media diary concept and thought I’d keep one this week. I didn’t follow his format exactly, but here’s the one I kept yesterday (under the cut): Media Log, Monday, January 15, 2007 6:45 to 8:00 am … Continue reading →

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notes on what is college english?

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Michael

I’m reading some of the articles in the November 2006 College English, and a few things have stuck out to me so far: Miles McCrimmon writes that “A first-year composition course that asks students to read and write the widest … Continue reading →

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identity 2.0

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Michael

via Craig Bellamy, I came across Dick Hardt’s presentation on Identity 2.0, which has a pretty interesting presentation by Hardt (2005) about his concept of identity 2.0 for his company Sxip. You should watch it. He’s onto something. Hardt notes … Continue reading →

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