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:Affect (v. "to change") vs. Effect (n. "the result")I ran into this problem several times in…AcademiaTARDIS from today's 3D printing class.AestheticsIs There a Santa Claus? (Reading of 1897 editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church)https://youtu.be/qZUEO8zD6EQ CultureThe Little Girl from…

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:Blondes 'to die out in 200 years'”The last natural blondes will die out w…CultureHow We Can Help Students Survive in an Age of Anxiety Today’s students have also lived…AcademiaAmazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”I am not a big fan of…

Seussical: Stage Right Homeschool Production

My 13yo was Horton the Elephant and my 9yo was the Sour Kangaroo (with attitude). Similar:A gangway, flanked by still more #steampunk control panels, leads forward from the chief e…AestheticsALL ABOUT 'ARCHIE' – Jason Robert BrownA few years ago, my daughter got to perf…CultureThe Zombie Argument that Refuses to DieThe idea that generations of Shakespeare…AcademiaSteampunk…

“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:Don't Be a Sucker (antifascist film from 1945)https://youtu.be/CXm3WxU–fM?si=E1BHac8J…CultureKeeping things in the proper perspective at 4Cs: Praise for my delivery of a line from Sta…Already met a lot of good…

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…

Bacon Starry Night Meme

I’ve no idea where the “Bacon Starry Night” meme comes from. Other than Vincent Van Gogh, and bacon, of course. My wife asked whether there is a bacon “The Scream.”  Not yet, apparently. Similar:Me: Carolyn, are you ok? Carolyn:Just reminding myself that I am a gift.AmusingOnce again, The Onion gets it right: Clinton Not Expecting…

The New York Times Makes The Nerdiest Correction Ever – Featured on BuzzFeed

The New York Times Makes The Nerdiest Correction Ever – Featured on BuzzFeed. Similar:An Academic Conference Where YOU are the Hero: Interactive Fiction in Print and OnlineI wish I had known about this in advance…Academiaxkcd: Headlines It: nailed. xkcd: Headlines.AmusingTwitter and the "Two Minutes Hate"Another of the many, many reflections on…CultureThe Hidden Subversive Messages of…

Helping students engage with challenging texts

Based on the constructivist theory of learning suggesting that students make sense of new information by joining it with information they already have, his guidelines suggest that students begin with a quick pre-read, in which they underline words they don’t know but don’t stop reading until they reach the end. They then would follow up…