Category Archives: All The Things
The Fortune In Your Head
Let’s pretend that you know two companies. One company has active scholars and folks who have been long-term advocates of open education. You’ve met several of them. Talked on the phone. Collaborated via the magic of the Internets. Your teachers … Continue reading
Watching the River Rise
Hi Magic Typewriter, I’m back! My last post was kind of all over the place, so let’s see if I can write about one idea in a style that honors some narrative cohesion. While I was traveling I took some … Continue reading
I See A Thousand People Just Like Me
If I read one more report about how online education is failing at community colleges, I’m going to jump on the ranty rant bloggy blog train until it derails. But right now, I’m in a fantastic mood because I spent … Continue reading
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Tagged BookReviews, Negative EdTech Nelly, Ranty Pants, Teaching
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Humanities Lecture 2015: Book Nerd, Meet Tech Geek
Back in the halcyon days of my undergraduate years, I took several classes from a William Blake scholar, and my favorite class was titled The Word and The Image. We talked quite a bit about this plate from Blake, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged federated wiki, leadership, Learning, OERBlatherings, Preso, Teaching
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The tea cosy that taught me – a story about knitting and learning
Originally posted on Francesbell's Blog:
Saartje bootees Berry hat ? ? ? ? ? I am a fairly unprolific knitter who loves knitting. I do knit repeats of things I have knitted before, like the berry hat and Saartje…
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Chumps, Champions, & Chicken Littles
I’ve been thinking and talking about leadership quite a bit lately. It’s somehow bringing all of the research I’ve done on teacher burnout, motivation, educational technology, mentoring, adjuncts, and faculty learning communities together. Who knew? Somebody called me a “thought leader” … Continue reading
Shrink It & Pink It: Lady Leadership
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audrey Lorde Dear Readers, I am going to return to recent events in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bikes, leadership, Learning, Shrink It & Pink It, Teaching
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Transformation & Being Sloppy in the #fedwiki
Like a lot of what I’m writing about lately, this post started in Ward Cunningham’s federated wiki. When I claimed my site, everything that I write is always, already open source. If you want it and have a site, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, Learning, OERBlatherings, Professional Development, Teaching
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Hot Pants, Happenstance, & Perceived Exertion
I wish I had the energy to do the funky chicken all night long. Truth be told: I really need a nap. You see, I deleted this post after publishing it over a month ago. A few hours after I … Continue reading
NotYetness, Invention, and The Dream/Reality Whiteboard
I blurted out a comment this week that sounded way more negative than I meant it to, and the reaction of the people in the room got me thinking. This was an informal meeting, we were talking about renaming a … Continue reading
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Spoke & Hub 