Social Bookmarking with Diigo
As I’ve mentioned here before, I see social bookmarking as a valuable tool for Involving students in surfacing relevant course content we …
Developing Intercultural Competency through Blogging (#lilly10)
More from the the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio… Blogs as a Unique Environment for …
Twitter at the 2010 Lilly Conference on College Teaching (#lilly10)
I was honored to give the opening keynote at the 2010 Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, …
Twitter 101 for a Conference Backchannel
As I mentioned before, I’m heading this week to the POD Network conference in St. Louis. In addition to giving two presentations, …
Participatory Culture in the Classroom: Moving Beyond Personal Learning
Here’s another post in my series on Clay Shirky’s new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. I’ve finally …
A Case Against Class Participation Grades: Negating and Remaking Social Contracts
Here are some more thoughts inspired by Clay Shirky’s new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. And, yes, …
Blog Posts as Student Writing Assignments
During a recent email conversation with Jeff Nugent at Virginia Commonwealth University, Jeff pointed to a recent blog post of his about …
A Social Media Blackout (Sort of)
Eric Darr is the provost at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, and he’s banning Facebook and Twitter from his campus. Well, …
Social Media and Waterboarding
I couple of weeks ago on this blog, I shared a tweet by Colin Morris, a student at Kent State University in …
Social Media and Classroom Dynamics
Clay Shirky’s recent TED talk on social media has some interesting implications for future classroom dynamics. As you watch Shirky’s 17-minute talk …