June 2012
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“Now, as we move into the digital age, the well-made copy has come to occupy a...”
– Will paper books exist in the future? Yes, but they’ll look different. - Slate Magazine
Nice to see Slate’s Michael Agresta drawing heavily on Walter Benjamin here.
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“DancinGirl has fallen in love with words. Actually, she has always loved to play...”
– Literacy in Bloom - The Long Road
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“Obamacare is socialized medicine,” says the Republican Party. No, no — excuse me...”
– President Obama Should Seize the High Ground - NYTimes.com
Actually, Friedman is probably right that Obama should just sell his record … and sell it hard and uncompromisingly.
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“Researchers found that while the multimedia features of enhanced e-books grabbed...”
– For Young Readers, Print or Digital Books? | MindShift
My 6 year old is really getting into reading physical books. She is great at sounding out words and making sense of the text. Yesterday, I watched her read a story on the computer that allowed her to click the word to hear it. She spent less...
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Father's Day Pictures →
Take a look through these and find two awesome pictures from my two awesome daughters!
You will note on Hannah’s picture, there are a few gadgets involved.
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“The range of protesters was matched by the diversity of utensils they chose to...”
– Montreal’s ‘casseroles’ cook up a storm over Quebec’s anti-protest law | World news | guardian.co.uk
Here is a beautiful little video of the protest:
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“Digital humanities is just one method for conducting humanistic inquiry. Doing...”
– Defining “Digital Humanities” | Robert W. Woodruff Library
Here is a definition of Digital Humanities by @briancroxall
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“Twitter on the other hand, has taken the complete opposite approach. The company...”
– Facebook vs. Twitter - NYTimes.com
This might be part of why I like Twitter more than Facebook. But I am still unclear about why I have this preference. Of course, I am starting to like G+ a good deal, especially with the sweet updated iOS app.
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“The governor advocates a greater focus on vocational training, frequently using...”
– Corbett backs some consolidation of Penn State campuses — NewsWorks
Given this vision of Penn State from the Governor, we ought to move with alacrity toward this vision of a new public research university.
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Announcing the UM Press/Sweetland Publication... →
Interesting developments here on the scholarly communication side of the digital humanities. What do my colleagues in rhetoric think?
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On Vessels Filled and Fires Kindled | Wonders &... →
Plutarch has something to teach us about teaching and learning in a digital age.
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“The Stanford document proposes a scenario where students decide on a career plan...”
– Rethinking the humanities Ph.D. | Inside Higher Ed
I would be interested in what my humanities colleagues think of this strategy to rethink the humanities PhD.
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Student Debt at Colleges and Universities Across... →
That student debt number for #PennState is big: $31,135. We need to keep working to raise more scholarship money to reduce student debt coming out of college.
This infographic does not capture, however, the relationship between state appropriation and tuition for the public schools. #PennState has the highest tuition in the Big Ten, because it has the lowest state appropriation.
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Watch(via FORA.tv - The Guardian Activate Summit: Clay Shirky Keynote)
Shirky talks about how their processes often render institutions incapable of responding in dynamic and innovative ways to a changing world.
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"Same-sex couples should be able to get married" —... →
Obviously.
Better late than never.
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“But the next generation of online-learning systems faces several barriers to...”
– Next Generation of Online-Learning Systems Faces Barriers to Adoption - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education
I wonder how long it will be until we do away with the CMS/LMS altogether. We will need them for a while as many faculty still rely heavily on them, but the more innovative... 