Archive for August, 2010
Jumpstart Repurposing
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in Art, Creativity, Crime, Design, Economics, Evolution, Personal, Philosophy, Representation, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Worth Reading | 3 Comments »
I have often talked of repurposing as being key to creativity, particularly for teachers using new technologies. (See previous postings on this topic here and here, and here and here.) ... Read more..TPACK game, the Matt Koehler version
Friday, August 13th, 2010 Posted in Fun, Games, Good | Bad Design, Learning, MAET, Representation, Research, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Worth Reading | 2 Comments »
There have been various descriptions of the TPACK game... some of which I have written about earlier. The first instance is something Judi Harris, Matt and I used at the 2007 ... Read more..Space Invaders in Paris
Friday, August 13th, 2010 Posted in Art, Creativity, Fun, Personal, Photography, Puzzles, Technology, Travel, Worth Reading | 1 Comment »
France is being attacked by alien beings! This summer in France I noticed characters from 80's video games in the strangest of places. For instance, see this one, that I ... Read more..On surviving a Ph.D.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in Learning, Personal, Teaching, Worth Reading | 1 Comment »
I just discovered (H/T Daily Dish) Matt Might's website and his writings on graduate school, academia, and the professoriate. Matt is funny, cogent and most importantly insightful. I recommend his ... Read more..New Literacies & TPACK
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 Posted in Conference, Learning, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Worth Reading | No Comments »
I recently (through the magic of Twitter) found out about an initiative New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute 2010. This institute was organized by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary ... Read more..