Levy, Contemplation, Friedman, French Taxi Drivers, and Silence
Michael Gallagher Note: I do apologize for those readers who aren’t interested in this sort of thing, but I would be bringing an occasional post from my University of Edinburgh course blog…
Second Life and the BBC: Virtual Pomp and Real Ceremony?
Second Life has its fair share of haters and often that is warranted. It is at times a clunky, unwieldy atmosphere with a high barrier to adoption. Businesses were early…
The Digital Media and Learning Initiative entitled The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media Part 2
Last night, Rahim and I went to The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media, an event hosted by the MacArthur Foundation, The Woodrow…
Primary vs. Secondary Sources in Presentation and Teaching
I get asked this question a lot in my work at a large non-profit academic database: what is the difference between a primary and secondary source? As we move towards…
Teaching as all-encompassing activity: (a)synchronous and omnipresent
“The next generation is responsible for its own soul; a man of genius is responsible to his peers, not to a studio full of uneducated and undisciplined coxcombs.” T.S. Eliot…