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Digital Writing as Mode of Thinking
In my current “Writing Theory & Practice” course, we have been discussing the elusive notion of “voice” in writing. What makes a writerly voice distinct, audible, sincere, authentic? What makes a voice...
Category: Digital LearningDisruptive innovation. Bleeding edge. Scalable solutions. The Uber for X. Silicon Valley is routinely ridiculed for the language of technology entrepreneurship and startup culture it has dispersed. Yet, the Silicon Valley vocabulary...
Categories: Edtech, Educational Practice#BoycottStarwarsVII, Racism and Classroom Responsibility
I don’t want to be “that guy,” but we need to talk about “Star Wars,” race, class, gender, and sexuality today. Apologies in advance. In particular, we need to talk about who gets to...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityDisruption and Innovation: Divided By Design
Every day that I arrive to and leave from work, I’m greeted by an Uber billboard. The photograph shows a women of color, probably in her 30s squinting as she looks at...
Category: EquityConnected Learning and Teacher Education, Part 1: Choosing Texts
In my last post, I described my rationale for developing a “New and Multimodal Literacies” course for pre-service and in-service teachers grounded in the principles of connected learning. Even though the start...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeHow Games Transform Museum Experience
Officially, James Collins is the Digital Media Project Manager at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, working across all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, and the National Zoo. But,...
Category: EdtechDoing Innovation: How Millennials Are Navigating Today’s Economy
Millennials live in a world of contradictions. They are the most educated generation in U.S. history and yet they earn less than the previous generation of young workers. They live in the richest economy...
Category: EquityTaking Control of Your Digital Identity
A friend told me I was “going rogue” when I leased a slice of off-campus server to host The Social Media Classroom for my UC Berkeley and Stanford courses. The social affordances...
Category: Digital CitizenshipSelfie Pedagogy III: Networked Spaces, Slut Shaming and Putting Selfies in Dialogue with Theory
Those looking for a top authority on how to teach effectively with selfies would be wise to put Terri Senft of New York University at the top of any list. Senft founded two...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Equity
