If you watch TV (online or otherwise), or ride the subway in New York, you’ve likely seen the recent Power Ball ads like this one, that implies if you win, you’ll have enough funds to do anything, anytime, anywhere. I should first say that my relationship to the Lotto is not a familiar one — [...]
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iPad State of Mind
by Kiersten Greene
Published on January 19, 2012 9:19 am.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 revealed, and in particular, what the role of the iPad will be. I have a [...]
Digital Humanities in the Classroom
by Kiersten Greene
Published on October 19, 2011 11:47 am.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 a common thread through my posts), there is a growing pile (digital and otherwise) of [...]
Digital Dissertations
by Kiersten Greene
Published on September 14, 2011 9:22 pm.Since I decided that the focus of my research would be online, I’ve had a growing symbiotic relationship with the internet. I spend most of my time in front of my computer, having a conversation with someone or Google. I’m always searching for the answer to a question, and the conversation only ceases when I [...]
“Hope and enthusiasm are soaring here. But not test scores.”
by Kiersten Greene
Published on September 6, 2011 4:35 pm.This past Sunday’s New York Times published the first of a series of articles about “the intersection of education, technology and business as schools embrace digital learning”(p. 16) with the title “In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores.” I have to say, I appreciate the NYT’s effort at turning the spotlight to education every now and then, [...]
Pednology, or Maybe Techagogy
by Kiersten Greene
Published on September 2, 2011 10:25 am.Yesterday’s post marked the start of me trying to work out, in writing, some of the questions I have about pedagogy and technology. I’ve been spending more time with my computer than any other object in my life for at least the last ten years, and there are (many) things that have developed or changed over [...]
Where Physical Ends and Digital Begins
by Kiersten Greene
Published on September 1, 2011 12:17 am.How often do you still download a document, or go to the site of a periodical you used to get in the mail every week, and approach it as a concrete piece of the physical world? How has the switch from print to digital affected how you engage with what you’re reading/learning? I grew up [...]
