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Tweets
- @lrainie As it is, each time I start a class session with "Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin..." fewer and fewer recognize it. 2 days ago
- @lrainie It's hard for me to do anything menacingly, and I'd try it for a classroom entrance, but I suspect the reference would be lost... 2 days ago
- @lrainie That is my new goal! Channel Omar more often :). 2 days ago
- @lrainie Reducible in part to "who said it wasn't already all a game"? :) 2 days ago
- Word or two length predictions for social media game-changers over next decade? Me: Goggles, Badges, Social Sensors #gamechangers 2 days ago
- One more on the "higher ed is newspapers" meme. David Brooks: http://t.co/bUsz8sXA 2 days ago
- My students know I am not a fan of Flash. Rare exception: http://t.co/1ElX1Q8E 3 days ago
- More updates...
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Monthly Archives: October 2004
bin Laden’s endorsement
The recent semi-backhanded bin Laden endorsement of Bush is hardly a surprise: the president has done more for al Qaeda than bin Laden ever might have hoped. I’ve already written at length about how the real target on September 11 was the American sense of security, our willingness to have an open society, and our [...]
Frontchanneling for large classrooms
During a meeting last week in LA, Justin Hall talked a bit about a frontchanneled discussion in a grad seminar. Putting aside the particulars (we don’t have a Zemeckis room :) ), I was intrigued by the idea. Backchanneling refers to the use of multiple channels to communicate among participants and audience members during a [...]
Similarity Metrics
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone collected all of the common similarity metrics in one place, so that they could be easily referenced? Sam Chapman has.
But I don’t like spam!
I feel so bad for my poor students who have eagerly awaited comments from the world at large, and have finally gotten them, only to find out that the world wants them to be taking drugs and looking nakid pictures while playing texas holdem. Heck, I feel bad for me deleting dozens of emails telling [...]
What not to blog
I’d be curious to see what he said to rise to the level of a threat, but one blogger (and he’s probably not the only one) has gotten a knock at the door from the Secret Service for posting things that could be construed as threatening the president. (via Micropersuasion)
I’m big down under
For those who are interested, I’m talking to the ABC Radio National’s Breakfast show sometime around 5:30 pm today (GMT-5, I think it’s around 7:30am in Sydney). Don’t tune in to hear me, I’m boring. The other guests are Xeni Jardin and Leonard Kleinrock, and they are not boring. The show is celebrating the 35th [...]
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