Search results for: “reactionary”

  • Reactionary, statist school leaders ban iPods

    Anderson County (Tennesee) Public Schools have recently banned iPods on all school campuses and even on school buses. According to an article from April 13th from a Knoxville TV station: Supporters of the resolution, which passed unanimously, say students walking down school halls with headphones on are a distraction and that students need to be…

  • Putin and Christian Nationalism

    Whether or not you are a follower of Jesus and publicly profess “Christianity” as your faith, it’s important to pay attention what many “Conservative Christians” have been saying and continue to say about Vladimir Putin and his cultural / political agenda. I want to recommend two recent articles and OpEds on these topics. First, check…

  • Left to Their Own Devices

    Have you noticed a pattern of change with electrical plug usage in your kitchen and bedrooms at your house in the past few years? The number of Internet-connected devices in the world is exploding, and this is visible in many households today via an increase in power chargers plugged into available outlets. In the past…

  • Facial Recognition in Software Programs and Online

    There were lots of interesting announcements during Apple’s special event today in Cupertino. Among those I’ve seen so far reading coverage by Ars Technica is this: In its newest iteration, iMovie ’11 is gaining a few features, some lifted from past versions of iPhoto. Apple has added a face-identifying feature to iMovie, similar to iPhoto’s…

  • We need more constructive and positive Storychasers in The Age of Humiliation

    We’ve unfortunately always had people in our communities who are bullies and seem to enjoy hurting other people. What’s changed is that gossip which used to remain local has now gone global, and gossip can now be confirmed with images and video. Bullying which used to be limited by time and place can now take…

  • Fear not: The digital age is a great season for reading

    The lament of technology reactionaries is all too familiar: Kids don’t read anymore they just text, the golden era of literacy is over, YouTube is making us dumber rather than smarter, etc. While increased access to technology and information certainly does pose challenges and have drawbacks, when it comes to reading and literacy the news…

  • Categorizing web 2.0 sites by function

    Thanks to Karen Chichester for pointing me to Brian Solis‘ post “The Conversation Prism” categorizing different web 2.0 tools by function. Brian’s 22 categories include: Social Bookmarks Comment and Reputation Crowdsourced Content Blog Platforms Blogs/Conversations Blog Communities Micromedia Lifestreams Specific to Twitter SMS/Voice Social Networks Niche Networks Customers Service Networks Location Video Video Aggregation Documents…

  • Understanding and respecting copyright a problem for many

    I blog fairly often about intellectual property (IP) issues and Creative Commons. My winter 2003 article for the TechEdge, “Copyright 101 for Educators,” is one of the resources I commend frequently to teachers, librarians, and school administrators when questions about copyright and publishing of student media projects come up during my workshops. In all these…

  • Feedback on a great podcast about articulating a vision for educational change

    The following is a comment I left tonight for Ben Wilkoff on his September 2007 podcast, “Articulating Vision.” It’s not long, take a moment and give Ben a listen as well as some feedback. I’d be interested to hear your responses to Ben’s ideas as well. I’m cross-posting it here for several reasons, but principally…

  • A blast back to my podcasting past

    This evening as I continued the process of updating my vitae with activities and updates from 2007, I needed to find my first-ever podcast to add that date under the vitae section I’ve titled, “Podcasting Projects.” It turns out that date was August 3, 2005, and the title of the 13 min, 12 sec podcast…