First MOOC blooper (more to come, I’m sure)
When I announced the piloting of the AugmentED MOOC earlier this month, I tried to frame any future hiccups as learning experiences. I’m not backing away from that, but speaking …
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Teaching and Reaching Digital Kids
In semesters past, I have used AuthorStream for this project, but students consistently had trouble with adding the narration. This semester it’s somewhat easier with Slideshare (I do love their … -
Innovation solution: Trust teachers
In recent semesters, the list of required books in my graduate and undergraduate Edtech for Educators courses have become smaller and smaller, given all the free resources available on the … -
How a MOOC changed my life
I began this blog a little over three years ago, and though I’ve been away for some time now, it has always been a place to which I’ve longed to … -
Tech for tech’s sake (NOT): Teaching emergent ICT users to integrate technology into their curricula
The tool needs to fit the task. This is my mantra, but still — smitten with the novelty of the array of cool new tech tools before them — the … -
Digital Citizenship and Keeping the Internet Open, Innovative, and Free*
The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship was the topic of discussion in my new media class yesterday. But one of the things that seems missing from this list is digital … -
Digital Citizenship and Keeping the Internet Open, Innovative, and Free*
The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship was the topic of discussion in my new media class yesterday. But one of the things that seems missing from this list is digital … -
Shop! It’s the American Way
Here’s a Canadian propaganda poster from WWII that I borrowed to reflect my sentiments about mainstream America’s favorite pastime: Again, I used Gimp, but I seem to be getting the … -
Shop! It’s the American Way
Here’s a Canadian propaganda poster from WWII that I borrowed to reflect my sentiments about mainstream America’s favorite pastime: Again, I used Gimp, but I seem to be getting the … -
An iThingr: ReCaptcha Illustrated and the Benefits of Playing with Apps
Product Here’s my ReCaptcha Illustrated assignment for ds106. The project gave me another chance to play around with Gimp and, as students and I discussed in class today, I discovered for myself … -
An iThingr: ReCaptcha Illustrated and the Benefits of Playing with Apps
Product Here’s my ReCaptcha Illustrated assignment for ds106. The project gave me another chance to play around with Gimp and, as students and I discussed in class today, I discovered for myself … -
Help me realize my ambitions! Gertrude Stein on Picasso at Ted
Those of you who know me from way back know that in a previous life I had a minor obsession with Gertrude Stein. Still do in many ways, since the … -
Help me realize my ambitions! Gertrude Stein on Picasso at Ted
Those of you who know me from way back know that in a previous life I had a minor obsession with Gertrude Stein. Still do in many ways, since the … -
Preservice teachers learning to learn in ds106
by Cynthia Sarver February 9, 2012For quite some time now, Will Richardson has been saying that teachers need to use blogs, wikis, and podcasts before implementing them in their own classrooms. As a teacher, I … -
Preservice teachers learning to learn in ds106
For quite some time now, Will Richardson has been saying that teachers need to use blogs, wikis, and podcasts before implementing them in their own classrooms. As a teacher, I … -
Tell us about your day…with your feet! (tdc26)
I got up, as usual this morning, at the break of day with my son, Julian. I realized that what with having my teaching observed twice this week before my … -
Big and little Batman (tdc22)
This photo was my response to the January 30 tdc: Take a photo of two related objects of drastically different sizes. It was late. I looked around for inspiration, mainly … -
Tell us about your day…with your feet! (tdc26)
I got up, as usual this morning, at the break of day with my son, Julian. I realized that what with having my teaching observed twice this week before my … -
Big and little Batman (tdc22)
This photo was my response to the January 30 tdc: Take a photo of two related objects of drastically different sizes. It was late. I looked around for inspiration, mainly … -
Keyed up! (tdc017)
by Cynthia Sarver January 31, 2012This was the first Daily Create I did for ds106: I thought this was a great way to introduce ourselves to others in the ds106 community, and a nice alternative … -
Keyed up! (tdc017)
This was the first Daily Create I did for ds106: I thought this was a great way to introduce ourselves to others in the ds106 community, and a nice alternative … -
Mission 2012: Turn up the volume, dance, connect, and pass it on!
2011 was one of the most depressing years we have known as a planet. I don’t need to rattle off the items on this list for you. Why twist the … -
Mission 2012: Turn up the volume, dance, connect, and pass it on!
2011 was one of the most depressing years we have known as a planet. I don’t need to rattle off the items on this list for you. Why twist the … -
Becoming an Anonymous Extraordinary: The Should-Be Goal of Education
Last night, my friend, colleague, and former Dean of Education, Gerry Porter, shared on Facebook this TedXTeen talk in which an amazing young woman, Ms. Natalie Warne, relates her story … -
Becoming an Anonymous Extraordinary: The Should-Be Goal of Education
Last night, my friend, colleague, and former Dean of Education, Gerry Porter, shared on Facebook this TedXTeen talk in which an amazing young woman, Ms. Natalie Warne, relates her story … -
STOP INTERNET CENSORSHIP: ACT NOW!
by Cynthia Sarver November 16, 2011Watch this, and pass it on. PLEASE!!! PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. -
Part I — “Education is political”: The people and the polis
by Cynthia Sarver November 12, 2011All education is political, writes critical pedagogy advocate Ira Shor in his book, Empowering Education. He goes on to explain what he means by this: that whether school curricula explicitly help kids to better understand and have a voice in shaping their world or not, both approaches are “political”; neither is politically neutral. An explicitly political pedagogy does not ... -
New York education’s (scary) future through Tennessee’s crystal ball
by Cynthia Sarver November 7, 2011As you may or may not know, the new APPR (Annual Professional Performance Review) requirements that have teachers freaking out these days — that base teachers’ job security and pay on their students’ test scores — all stem from requirements that go along with states accepting federal money through Race to the Top legislation. You ... -
Occupy Wall Street: What does education have to do with it?
This testimonial from Professor Sean O. Murphy (Occupy Oklahoma City, OKC) answers this question with eloquence. Regardless of our disciplinary loyalties, educators help students make sense of the world and claim their places in it. Ideally, as each generation becomes smarter than the one that came before, the world becomes a better place. For many ... -
Race, Representation, and #Occupywallstreet
If the goal of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is to take back the nation by getting Wall Street out of Washington, including the voices of those Americans most affected by the recession is imperative. Janelle Ross observes that the crowd currently assembled at Zuccotti Park is “overwhelmingly white,” as is virtual and face-to-face participation nationwide. ...
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