New Media Faculty Development Seminar

Last week in the technology workshop we read Bill Viola’s “Will there be condominiums in data space.” Bill Viola is a famous artist, known particularly for his work with video art. I really didn’t know much about him before this discussion. Dave …

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Well, I admittedly have been away from the technology blogging scene and blogging scene in general for a couple of weeks. Spring Break had me working hard for a couple days and then out of town for a couple of days, and this last week has been “recove…

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Here’s a blog posting I’ve been meaning to write for two weeks. I actually haven’t been to technology seminar in a few weeks. I missed a week because of the yoga workshop, then it snowed, then I was hosting a guest speaker, then it was spring break….

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Well, as luck would have it, I am teaching the sophists in Ancient Philosophy on the very day that I am leading the technology seminar discussion on Marshall McLuhan’s essay the Medium is the Message. There really is nothing new under the philosop…

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I was joking with my friend Amy the other night about how much we each must have liked homework when we were in school, because we chose a profession that guaranteed we’d never be without it!  We were talking on the phone instead of meeting for dinn…

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This morning, I am just reflecting on all of the “new connections” made possible by the World Wide Web (and yes, I do feel like an 80-year-old saying that…). I recently watched a documentary called Second Skin which chronicles the life of several in…

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In Ted Nelson’s essay, “Computer Lib/Dream Machines” he defends the use of computers-as-teachers in his insert “No More Teachers’ Dirty Looks”. While I wholeheartedly agree with him that the American educational school system is severely f…

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In Ted Nelson’s essay, “Computer Lib/Dream Machines” he defends the use of computers-as-teachers in his insert “No More Teachers’ Dirty Looks”. While I wholeheartedly agree with him that the American educational school system is severely f…

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To begin my blog today, I have to share a couple of links that have got me thinking about how education and technology intertwine with one another to create a more revolutionary learning space. The first is a talk given by Richard Baraniuk on the pos…

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Well, I’ve spent the past ten days out of the technological domain. Firmly in the yogic domain and then the philosophy conference domain, which was refreshingly non technological in focus.Friday, I got back from a yoga retreat with Patricia Walden. It …

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