Lessons in Audio Storytelling from #PodX
After both my Leading Lines co-producer Cliff Anderson and my wife told me about the PodX podcast convention in Nashville this past …
Timelines, EdTech, and Thin Slices of Student Learning
This year the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching is hosting a few educational technology working groups for faculty, staff, and students interested in …
Twitter’s Brush with Death
You might have missed it, but over the weekend, Twitter died. Indeed, the #RIPTwitter hashtag was trending worldwide. (I’ll let others ponder …
Flickr: Social Network and Creative Space
Interested in how I find photos on Flickr to use in my presentations? See my post “My Friend Flickr” (I know, I …
Diigo Versus Pinterest: The Student Perspective
Last month, I blogged about the choice I gave my statistics students between using Diigo and Pinterest for the social bookmarking assignments …
It Takes Two to Tweet: Interpretation as a Shared Responsibility
Remember back in the 90s when people were figuring out email etiquette? (I know, some people are still working on this.) I …
Tips for Using Twitter as Part of a Personal Learning Network
James Lang’s latest Chronicle of Higher Education column, “Using Twitter to Talk about Teaching,” features a few quotes and suggestions from me …
Pinterest, Gender, and Platform Selection
Last week, I had the pleasure of guest teaching in a digital humanities graduate course in the French department. The course is …
Why Cite a Tweet?
You may have heard that the Modern Language Association (the MLA) has released guidelines on citing a tweet in an academic paper. …
Social Pedagogies: Motivating Students through Authentic Audiences
I led a workshop on social pedagogies, with a focus on social media tools that support such pedagogies, at Elon University this …