http://teechr.com Education, Remixed. Sun, 16 May 2010 18:00:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And anyone who has had a blog and hasn't updated it in a lonnng time can empathize with my perspective.  Its been almost a year and while many things have changed, others have remained the same.  Here are a few keywords that describe new interests, initiatives and activities that I've ... http://teechr.com/2010/05/wordpress-only-works-when-you-use-it/ I, for one, have been astonished with all of the tweetalicious banter that appeared in my Twitter and Facebook feeds after MJ's death.  This stuff is a still a lil' new to me. Folk who were saddened and distraught expressed their emotions by posting song lyrics, youtube videos, 80's childhood ... http://teechr.com/2009/06/twitter-used-for-civic-engagment-or-celebratory-eulogies/ Ok, I'm a officially a hater! Peep game on this: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/18/death.online/index.html?iref=t2test_techmon Thats right!  Online life after death - existing etherally upon physical erosion.  I promise you I had this idea back in 2001, I just didnt patent it, and now I'm kicking rocks!  There's gotta be HUGGGEEEE growth potential in this sector, ... http://teechr.com/2009/05/ok-im-a-officially-a-hater-peep-game-on-this/ Man I'm blown (in teechr'ing language that means upset, disappointed, and mad).  I jive wish I was apart of the Lost Generation (millennial/net.gen), because they are so cool.  Like there's this perception that they are a bunch of apathetic, yet entitled, ill-lucid lazy laggards.   And while that maybe for some, ... http://teechr.com/2009/05/i-once-was-lost-but-now-am-found/ Ok, so there's been a lot of hoopla concerning Linden Lab's Second Life virtual world.  According to the recent Baltimore Sun article, and my experiences with talking to colleagues about the application, it is being well received in the academic community.  I clearly see a lot of potential for "escapism" ... http://teechr.com/2009/04/can-i-learn-how-to-interact-in-life-1-first/ http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/crime/article/local_man_charged_in_ponzi_scheme/37135 Looks like we've got a mini-Madoff marital affair connected to my institution.  Being that the SEC is going after Madoff's wife, I wonder how they will go after Connelly's.  Most importantly, how will this affect Curry's construction plans and future funding for scholarships and activities.  Such bad press. Shame on ... http://teechr.com/2009/03/better-finish-before-the-ponzi-gets-ya/ In reference to this, it seems like alot of us who pursue greatness through scholarship are a bunch of anxious, depressed and uninspired pipe smokers and pill poppers.  Thats not to say we are bad people - we just need a lil' sum'n-sum'n to get by.  :-)  I was never ... http://teechr.com/2009/02/are-graduate-students-the-new-crackhead/ http://chronicle.com/free/2009/02/11232n.htm?rss I mean it's totally cool if we are - I like to spin my wheels too, every now and then.  I just figured online learning and distance education would really be taking off right now in the midst of this ailing economy when millions of people need to be re-trained, ... http://teechr.com/2009/02/are-we-still-having-this-conversation/ ...this right here: http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html I've said it time and time again, people are too overly concerned with "Big Brother" (big govt/institutions/city cameras) looking over their shoulder. Folks should be more afraid of ourselves, because its the "Little Brothers" (us/cell phones/flickr/facebook) who are spying on each other. http://teechr.com/2009/02/dont-tell-my-ex-girlfriends-or-my-sneaky-professors-about/ So I stumbled across the following article on the Chronicle.com regarding the "generational character" of youthful professors who use Facebook as a platform to extract their subconscious and share random rants about the uber-importance of their existential existence.  It stated that Reiko Ohnuma, a South Asian studies professor at Dartmouth ... http://teechr.com/2009/02/can-i-get-a-copy-of-that-facebook-101-syllabus/