Category Archives: Education

Welcome, President Ayers

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Kevin

The Times-Dispatch had a profile of our new President, Edward Ayers, earlier this week.  Today President Ayers writes about the strengths and directions for the University as he takes the reigns.  His reflections are juxtaposed to two others who assume … Continue reading →

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Interdisciplinary Thinking

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Kevin

I’ve just started Being Fluent with Information Technology, a study produced by the National Research Council, and in Chapter One, “Why Know about Information Technology?”, the authors cite Seymour Papert’s Mindstorms, in which he asserts that “a deep understanding of … Continue reading →

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Civic Engagement House Videos

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Kevin

Wednesday night I attended the Civic Engagement House video presentation.  Last semester Amy Howard offered her students the option of producing documentaries instead of writing papers.  She was surprised to find that every student opted for the documentary.  Four videos … Continue reading →

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A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Kevin

Boing Boing posted a story recently about  A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods.  The chart is fantastic.  While I’m familiar with many of the types of visualizations presented, there are several I haven’t seen before.  I was happy to see … Continue reading →

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Futurist: To fix education, think Web 2.0

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Kevin

C|net posted a story on Friday of a talk that John Seely Brown gave at MIT.  Brown suggests that Universities and employers who want to improve engineering education should consider a Web 2.0 approach to changing the way they teach. … Continue reading →

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Dispatches from Blogistan

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Kevin

Dispatches from Blogistan: A Travel Guide for the Modern Blogger, by Suzanne Stefanac is a good introduction for anyone who is considering a blog.  I found the first chapters of the book to be a well-told history of free speech.  … Continue reading →

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Linkfest 0001

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Kevin

Here are some links I’ve come across this week.  They interest me, they may interest you. Second Life’s Must Have Stuff: From Wired.  I haven’t bought The Swimmer yet, but I’m thinking about it.  The real find is Freebies.  Several … Continue reading →

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Arden: The World of Shakespeare

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Kevin

c|net has an article, “A Midsummer Night’s Virtual World“.  In it they interview Edward Castronova, who has just been announced as a $240,000 grant recipient from the MacArthur Foundation for a game he is developing, called Arden: The World of … Continue reading →

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EDUCAUSE 2006 – Pioneering New Territory and Technologies

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Kevin

Malcolm Brown, Director of Academic Computing at Dartmouth, Salid Ganjalizadeh, Assistant Director for Instructional Technology at Catholic University, Leslie Hitch, Director, Academic Technology Services at Northeastern University, Christine McMahon, Manager, Advanced Technology at Saint Louis University, Pablo Molina, CIO Information … Continue reading →

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EDUCAUSE 2006 – Information Fluency in the Digital Age

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Kevin

I attended the Gartner session earlier, but it was unremarkable. For this session, Susan Curzon, Dean, University Library at California State University, Chuck Dziuban, Director, Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, and Martha Marinara, Director, Information Fluency Quality Enhancement Program at … Continue reading →

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