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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
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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Cheating Tech
The first class I taught at UB shocked me in a number of ways, not least of which was the size of the class or the amazing rudeness of some of the students. But I was most surprised by the flagrant plagiarism and cheating on exams. I was shocked because, in my naive mind, these [...]
Overheard: MySpace
I was on the train in Connecticut today, early in the morning, and four girls in private school uniforms (looked to be about 14 or 15) were sitting next to me. Girl 1. Yeah, after the TV show [Dateline special on child sexual predators] everyone’s parents just went crazy: “Do you have a Myspace? Do [...]
CFP: Carl Couch Award
This should be no surprise to my grad students at UB, since I encourage them to apply each fall. However, if you have something in hand from the symbolic interactionist perspective, please do send it along. They are doing the presentations at NCA this year, and $300 goes a long way toward your flight down [...]
Blogging Scholarship
Progressive U is again offering $1,000 & $300 scholarships for those who help to publicize events and issues important to the site. It’s an interesting way to promote contributions, though I would be more interested if they allowed students to blog from their own choice of blogs. (Thanks to Reema & Kevin for the tip.)
Digital Universe and long odds
MSNBS is running a story on the Digital Universe. In the middle of last year, I posted about these issues, remaining quiet on the whole Digital Universe thing, since Larry Sanger requested that those he contacted stayed quiet. But now it seems the cat is out of the bag, and so I can say: I’m [...]
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