As new digital and social technologies become ubiquitous in society, there is often a certain amount of negotiation or hesitation as we adjust to these texts, tools, and spaces. Despite the transformative possibilities associated with the inclusion of the Internet and other communication technologies (ICTs), relatively little is known about the regular use of these…
TL;DR Version: An identification of recent trends in the discussion about open publishing/open scholarship concluding with possible steps to respect the culture/tradition of academia while accounting for changes in literacy and technology. Every year we hear a clarion call asking academics (e.g., researchers, scholars, professors) to maintain more of a public presence. In this I…
As detailed in an earlier post, I’ve had a lot to think and say about the recent news about the Facebook Mood Experiment that was conducted (and most likely continue). As a response, and satire of this I decided to create a game using Google Forms that would act as a satire of the recent…
At the 2014 Literacy Research Association meeting in Dallas, TX I had the opportunity to facilitate and present in a “Pecha Kucha” style session. For those of you that are not familiar with pecha kucha, based on the Japanese for the sound of conversation, it is a presentation methodology in which 20 slides are shown for…
TL;DR Version: In this blog post I share the strategies I use to conduct research on personal, health, and academic topics using online tools. I promote the use of online virtual library connections, Internet searches, and Google Scholar to conduct research. During classes in secondary classrooms or higher education courses many times you will need to…
I’ll be using this space to reflect (and decompress) a bit after a great week of sessions at LRA 2012. One of the first sessions that I worked on a bit with Greg McVerry and Polly Parker dealt with the data and teacher feedback from two years of New Literacies Institutes (NLI) with LPVEC. The Institutes have teachers and teacher…