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A flattering discovery…
In scanning through my blog’s statistics just now I noticed a huge (well, relative for a small-scale, infrequently updated blog on teaching, technology, and history) spike in traffic last week on Dec. 4. Not thinking that anything particularly eventful had … Continue reading
The Amazing Power of ProfHacker
Few things are objective truths in this world, but one is that when ProfHacker mentions and hyperlinks to something you’ve written, the number of site visits you get increase dramatically. Case in point: CAUSE: … EFFECT: Here is the link … Continue reading
“And they’re off…”: Thoughts on the unveiling of the social media-based class
Well, I’ve successfully done it, (or at least started the ball rolling,) on implementing my social media-based class. Or from an entirely different perspective, I’ve opened a huge Pandora’s Box. But I’ll be optimistic and think its the former. As … Continue reading
THATCamp “Social Media & Education” Panel Follow-up
John Jones has just posted the video he took of last week’s session on social media and education at THATCamp Ausin. I’m looking forward to spending some time and refreshing my memory about the session, but will likely have to … Continue reading
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Effective Pitches for a Blog Salesman
With school starting a week from tomorrow, I’ve dusted off my old syllabi and have been busy updating them. While previous years syllabus revisions haven’t required many changes, this year’s edition is receiving a bigger make-over given my plans to … Continue reading
Preparations for a Blogging Plebescite?
In what seems to be a major trend over the past few days (well, “major” amongst the scholarly and education blogs that I read,) lots of bloggers are writing about the issue of blogging in the classroom and how best … Continue reading
THATCamp Austin Thoughts and Wrap-Up
Yesterday I returned from Austin and my whirlwind trip down to UT for the first regional THATCamp meeting. Schedule-wise, the THATCamp meeting coincided with the Society for American Archivists annual conference, which meant that the unconference drew a fair number … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, professional development, THATCamp
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Assessment in the Social Media Classroom
I’m a big fan and avid reader of the Teach Paperless Blog, and have, in the past few month, culled a wealth of ideas about meaningful ways to incorporate social media into the classroom context. Though my experimentation with using … Continue reading
The #Comments4Sophs Dilemma
Reading Russ Goerend‘s recent post about his many projects for the year got me thinking about my integration of social media into my classroom this year. One of the major areas that Russ discussed, and which he credited with making … Continue reading →