What a fun first start to discussing visual literacy! I know many of you in the class enjoyed the “hidden” messages or parts of the brand logos we briefly explored, so here is a link to a few more clever brand logos. Train yourself to look closely! Now try this graphic of logos. How many […]
Another Good Read: Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap by Carrie James My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is absolutely up my alley, professionally and personally. James’s study of children and youth and their moral and ethical stance toward digital life is fascinating. Each theme in the book exposes the “blind spots” and “disconnects” […]
Another Good Read: Technologies of the Self by Michel Foucualt
Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault by Michel Foucault My rating: 4 of 5 stars Right in line with my professional interests for research, this book was an enlightening and inspiring look into Foucault’s final line of inquiry. Tracing the geneology of the care of the self, Foucault and other contributors shed […]
To the Root of a Rotten (School Reform) Tree
I’ve read so many things over the past year and a half, many of which have altered my view of the world. Through reading, my perception has been fundamentally and profoundly changed. No Logo opened my eyes to consumerism, branding, and global capitalism; The Shock Doctrine again woke me to capitalism and its pernicious means […]
Ed Tech Heresy
I FINALLY finished Kentaro Toyama’s Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology. It took me so long to finish it because it was a holiday gift that I just couldn’t finish before my classes resumed. After slowly chipping away at it over the course of the semester, I can finally write about […]
A Gift We All Need: Enlightenment on Equality
Oh, please Santa. Please deliver this to all the good boys and girls (and their parents) this Christmas season.
Why a Cognitive Scientist Should Have Taught One of My Educational Class
I’ve now listened to and read Daniel T. Willingham‘s book, Why Don’t Studnets Like School?, and it’s fascinated me. The premise, to explain what cognitive science has to offer to educational practitioners, is one that I’m sure should have been explained to me a long time ago when preparing to be a teacher. And, maybe […]
Google Apps and Chromebooks–Pilot Notes
I’m moved to post a bit more now after a long hiatus. One of the most exciting things to happen recently has been a pilot program for Chromebooks in our classroom! Convinced that a better ratio of students-to-devices was crucial to an engaging classroom, I propositioned our tech coordinator, and, luck-of-all-lucks, a pilot program was […]
Multitasking, Anyone?
After 15 years in the classroom, it’s hard not to notice a fundamental change in students. Not doubt we’re all influenced by the daily environment, so when kids see parents multitasking, it’s only natural they’ll do the same. by kikikarpus.
Just Realized
Just realized something: I spend all day with students, then come home to write them personal notes, based on my knowledge of the individuals and the reading process. I do this routinely throughout the school year. In excess of six hours, plus personal feedback. This is sometimes more intimate that parents are with their own […]