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Category Archives: Using Computers
Twitter, et. al.
I had lunch with a friend today who was is one of those people whose brain you want to pick: she’s brilliant, especially about the internet. She’s been on Twitter for almost as long as it’s been around, and our … Continue reading
Timeline / Handmade Books
Facebook continues to fascinate me as a researcher. I know I need to stay the course, and I will (in other words, I won’t be adding another arm to my dissertation project that involves researching Facebook in addition to blogs … Continue reading
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If I took typewriting as a class in high school, it didn’t stick. I remember spending hours in front of my Commodore 64 at home, waiting for the blinking cursor to appear, indicating it was time to start typing what … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Communication, Using Computers
Tagged commodore 64, computer, keyboards, Mac
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iPad State of Mind
In a little less than an hour, at 10am ET, Apple plans to make an education-related announcement, and I’m not gonna lie: I’m excited to hear what’s on deck. There’s been speculation on blogs and such about what will be … Continue reading
Inboxes and Hashtags
Up early(ish) on the first day since August that I’ve had to really breathe for a minute, and I can’t stop thinking about finding a better way to categorize my email. Gmail makes it relatively easy to organize messages like … Continue reading
OpenCUNY at the CUNY IT Conference
This Friday, I’ll be participating on this panel at the CUNY IT Conference. 9:30am-10:45am. John Jay College. Come learn about what’s happening at OpenCUNY as we share what we’ve been doing with our various websites. As an aside, I recently … Continue reading
Theory, Research & Action in Urban Education
I am very excited to announce that the online journal of the Urban Education department of the CUNY Graduate Center, Theory, Research & Action in Urban Education, finally launched this week! It has been a long but rewarding process — one … Continue reading
My First Screencast
I made a screencast the other day on creating podcasts with GarageBand as part of my work as an Instructional Technology Fellow at the CUNY Macaulay Honors College. It occurred to me that as I learn new skills and create … Continue reading
Digital Humanities in the Classroom
As I get my feet wet with this public-blogging thing (intentionally public, anyway–this isn’t the first time I’ve blogged publicly, but it’s the first time I’ve done so while trying to capture the attention of a specific audience and string … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Communication, Instructional Technology, On Being a Grad Student, Using Computers, Writing Process
Tagged assessment, blog, classroom, computer, CUNY DHI, digital, digital humanities, digital media in the classroom, K-12, NYCTF, policy-practice gap, rookie teacher, support, teacher
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Using Blogs as Data Collectors
When I started graduate school, web-based reference tools were only just being developed. At the time, I was using Endnote to keep track of my citations. That is, until I clumsily tripped over the cord attached to my iBook. This … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Communication, On Being a Grad Student, Using Computers
Tagged citations, classroom, computer, data collection, digital media in the classroom, endnote, external hard drive, google, K-12, Mac, occupy wall street, phlogging, policy-practice gap, references, teacher, wordpress, zotero
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