Scrape, Scrape, Spam Blog, Have You Scraped My Site?

Below is a screen shot, showing that the spam blog literacyintheclassroom.com has reproduced the entire content of my recent blog entry, in which I complain that literacyintheclassroom.com is a spam blog that reproduces the entire content of my site.   Similar:Shatner's live, extemporaneous post-touchdown monologue on mortality was better than Kirk'… After returning to Earth…

“A Story Before Bed” Publisher Seems to be Scraping and Republishing My Blog Content on “Literacy in the Classroom”

According to preterite, Looks like your site is being scraped by someone associated with Hillel Cooperman and the Jackson Fish Market in Seattle, who themselves are associated with the Children’s Book Council and the iPad-oriented company A Story Before Bed. Seems like a pretty rotten thing to do by a company that trumpets its positive…

Scraping and Republishing Full Content from Other Blogs

A blog called “literacyintheclassroom.com” seems to be scraping the full content of my blog and republishing on their site. If this post shows up on literacyintheclassroom, we can assume a bot is mindlessly reposting whatever it finds on my site, which seriously calls into question what real value literacyintheclassroom offers. If this post does not…

iPad Usability: Year One Jakob Nielsens Alertbox

A year after our first usability study of iPad apps, it’s nice to see that iPad user interfaces have become decidedly less wacky. It’s even better to see good uptake of several of our recommendations from last year, including apps with: back buttons, broader use of search, homepages, and direct access to articles by touching…

Its Not the Technology, Stupid! Response to NYT “Twitter Trap” | HASTAC

The industrial age worked hard to separate “work” from “home.”  Everything about the common or public schools started in the mid-nineteenth century reinforced that division:  from the school bell ringing for each child at the same time of day, of each child entering school at age 6 whether they were ready or not, about sitting…

WordPress duplicate images driving me crazy

I’m using the Atahualpa Theme with WPTouch Pro. When I view pages with my iPad, I get a strange double image. Similar:‘NPR Voice’ Has Taken Over the Airwaves  In literary circles, the practic…CultureNovel defined: a term used by some students to mean “any text we study in English class”Academia‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry…

Teaching with iPads: Motivation, Inspiration and Alienation in the Appleverse

Here are the slides for the half-day workshop I presented with my colleagues, Laura Patterson and Christine Cusick. Similar:In the Era of Fake News, Teaching Media Literacy is a Must My 13-year-old recently approached m…CybercultureAuthor of 80s classic The Hobbit didn't know game was a hit The Hobbit stood out from the advent…CybercultureThe Boat (Graphic Novel)My…

Making Writing Socially Engaging: Asking Why New Media Draws Us In

[View the story “Making Writing Socially Engaging: Asking Why New Media Draws Us In” on Storify] Similar:The Myth of North America, in One PaintingFascinating art history — a thoughtful …AestheticsUp the Long Ladder (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Two, Episode 18) — The Enterprise Visits the Pl…(Rewatching Star Trek: TNG after a 20-ye…EthicsA fleet of drones performs…

Seussical: Stage Right Homeschool Production

My 13yo was Horton the Elephant and my 9yo was the Sour Kangaroo (with attitude). Similar:Christmas 1970. I was feverish and it was unseasonably warm outside. One of my favorite pi…PersonalAnother section of a #steampunk control panel, made in #blender3d for a personal project. …AestheticsMS-Word's helpful "View -> Focus" mode delays stress-related breakdowns.You won’t usually…

“Scary Things”: An Address to the Class of 2011 — The Goreletter — Michael Arnzen

Mike Arnzen posted his weird and wonderful address to graduation seniors. “Scary Things”: An Address to the Class of 2011 — The Goreletter — Michael Arnzen. Similar:A study in breaking news headlines.For the UK Guardian, the news is the wor…CultureMother 3: My Mom, and MeThoughtful, powerful, personal analysis …AestheticsIf you want to work with words,…

Another Nerdy Lord of the Rings Post

I just got an email from Amazon saying that typos and omissions in my Kindle edition of The Lord of the Rings have been corrected, and I can opt to receive the updated edition for free. However, like a certain similarly magical gift that I’m sure we’re all thinking of right now, this boon comes…