Tag: relevant research
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“How I Learned to Care Like a Novelist, A Chef, and a Coach”
In a post-COVID world, it’s easy for ‘seasoned’ (read: “old-school”) instructors to complain about students’ lack of engagement and motivation in online classes. We (yes, I’m going to include myself in this category for argument’s sake) get frustrated when students won’t turn on their cameras, when they refuse to speak up during synchronous discussions, and…
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For My Final Trick, I’ll Make a Completely Blank Blog Disappear….
I have always enjoyed writing. You might even call it the Ace up my sleeve. Even as a kid, when life became too much I would slip away and write stories about an alter ego named Chelsa Parks (yes, that spelling is correct) who went on adventures and solved her problems through her work as…
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You Know What They Say About Assumptions…
My whole life I’ve been warned about making assumptions. Always give people the benefit of the doubt, I was told. And “you know how the old saying goes…Never assume because it makes an a#$ out of you and me” (Source Unknown). But it turns out assumptions aren’t always a bad thing. Dede’s (2011) article actually…
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Feedback About Feedback and Other Musings
“Dear Friend, I thought your point about Case Study A was spot on. You did a great job of synthesizing your thoughts and opinions on this topic, and I agree with you about how important this concept is. I, too, found the reading this week to be valuable and thought-provoking. Thank you for sharing! Keep…
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New Literacies: My Worlds Converge
My week was jam-packed…and that’s saying a lot for someone who is used to being on-the-go, with more irons in the fire than any one person should have in one lifetime. Aside from our class readings on New Literacies, I assisted in launching a stakeholders event for CMU’s Literacy Center. I am a graduate assistant…
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TPCK: Making Old-ish Frameworks New
“The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.” Sir William Henry Bragg Mishra and Koehler’s (2006) article on the idea of TPCK was so in-depth that I had dreams about it last week. I’m not kidding. The authors really, really dove…
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The Tie That Binds: Putting It All Together
“Scientific study reflects the culture from which it arises, and entails values, often unspoken.” Kathryn H. Au and Taffy E. Raphael Au and Raphael are both senior advisors with schoolRISE, an organization that focuses of equity and research in literacy in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2021, they explained their mindset that “scientific study reflects the…
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Themes on a Variation of Relevance and Research
I have loved classical music for as long as I can remember. If you, too, are a ‘classics’ fan then you’ll recognize the wordplay in this week’s title. According to study.com, a ‘theme and variation’ in music refers to a main theme woven throughout a piece, all the while allowing the composer to sprinkle variations…
Now What? (Education and Technology in a Post COVID World) 