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{ Monthly Archives } July 2009

QFTB #4: The Meaning

- Saturation means pee pee!

From Digital Naiveté Toward Digital Nativity

I facilitated a PD last week on technology use in the classroom. The hour-ish session was a whirlwind run through of research behind technology use, various forms of technology, critical media literacy, and a plea for further exploration of site-based cell phone and social networking use. Along the way, I presented how I use Flip [...]

QFTB #3: Grandma

- That’s something my grandma listens to.

I Hate Sounding Like I’m Using Hyperbole But …

I’m currently reading through Asterio Polyp by David Mazzucchelli and I’m just staggered by how good this is; content, design, layout, color, everything. I’m halfway through and frankly haven’t had this feeling about a book’s contribution to its genre since reading Jimmy Corrigan (sadly, I suspect this will be the go-to comparison in upcoming reviews [...]

QFTB #2: Lab Lady

- Is that that lady in the computer lab? She cool. – Who, that white lady? I hate her.

Quotes From the Bungalow #1

[A new, sporadically updated series in which quotes from my classroom are posted with little to no context.] -Not all women are radical feminists. Not all women are feminists. -Like me. I don’t care.

Space: The Unacknowledged Frontier

The new school year has begun. I teach three 90-minute classes. One class has 39 students, the other two float comfortably in the low, mid-30s. I’m travelling between two classrooms – the class I use for two periods currently has no working AC – the heat is of a level that would help propel Kozol [...]

Celebration

My third period celebrates 12:34:56 7/8/09. (Updates to follow once the AERA deadline and a handful of paper revisions are made.)