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Incorporating Personal Learning Networks into Course Projects
Last semester I introduced a brand new project into my social media class which I’ve been meaning to report on for a while now. I decided to set 25% of the final grade aside for an assignment the...
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Going beyond the static slide: Creating engaging animations in Apple Keynote
There’s no question that slideshows have matured over the course of the past few years and that we are finally seeing a trend away from simple bullet point design. As I was looking over this collection...
View ArticleNov. 29th #SMCEDU Chat: Horizon Report Preview & How to Keep up With it All
Cross-posted to: http://smcedu.ning.com/profiles/blogs/nov-29th-smcedu-chat-horizon Earlier this month the New Media Consortium posted a preview of the 2011 Horizon Report to its website (each year,...
View ArticleHow the unrests in Egypt are highlighting key 21st century Internet issues
Given the historic unrests going on in Egypt right now, I decided to ditch the syllabus yesterday and discuss Egypt’s role in highlighting 21st century Internet issues instead. I figured the Egyptian...
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What the Bible can teach us about Personal Learning Networks: Spermalogos &...
Yesterday, while reading Acts 17:18, I stumbled upon the rather intriguing term ”spermalogos.”If you’re not up on your New Testament Bible stories, let me briefly set the scene for you. In this verse,...
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Negotiating multiple identities on the social web: Goffman, fragmentation and...
(This is a keynote presentation I delivered at this year’s webCom Montréal) Let me start off with a confession: I have multiple personas. No, not multiple personalities! I have multiple personas. And...
View ArticleTeaching Students to Become Curators of Ideas: The Curation Project
I know a lot of people view curation as a buzz word devoid of meaning, but I like the metaphor! I think it beautifully captures the process we need to go through to best make sense of the vast amount...
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Pay it Forward! We’re Replacing Final Presentations with Workshops open to...
It’s that time of year: in college classrooms all over the nation, students are getting ready to put together final presentations to demonstrate what they’ve learned in their classes. This semester, I...
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All I know about job hunting I learned in my social media class!
Yes, I know, job hunting isn’t even on the syllabus, but believe me, this class has taught you more about job hunting than you may realize. Remember that personal learning network (PLN) we built for...
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“PR for Nonprofits” service-learning project
I’ll be teaching “Public Relations for Nonprofit Organizations” this fall and am looking for two nonprofit organizations in the Austin area that would be interested in working with my St. Edward’s...
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