Something happened on twitter this week that motivated me to write this post. Generally, I’ve noticed a bit of a trend (granted, this is sampling bias) of Higher Ed folks tweeting, facebooking, reddit-ing, and otherwise publicly mentioning, kvetching, and snarking about students. Largely, this has been about students’ writing. Then, I noticed that someone else… Continue reading On bullying, snark, and writing teachers
Author: Andrea Z
I think I’ve found religion, or was that stats?
One of the goals I have identified for this blog is to chart some of my growth as a student over the course of my program. I feel like I need to state that from the beginning of this post, because I am going to proceed to explain my new love and obsession: methods of… Continue reading I think I’ve found religion, or was that stats?
Know thyself, Researcher
I’ve been thinking a lot about research design lately, mostly because I am a graduate student (and really, what else do we think about?) but also because there are so many interesting studies I’ve been reading that employ a wide variety of design, philosophy, and methods. In the first chapter, Creswell lays out a general… Continue reading Know thyself, Researcher
Hypnotized by Bright Objects: National Poetry Month 2011
Once again, it is my favorite cruelest month: National Poetry Month. For the month of April, we poetry lovers celebrate all things poetic. Once again, I will be attempting to produce a poem a day over at my poetry blog: http://andreazellner.tumblr.com. Additionally, a few of us over on the twitters have pledged to participate as… Continue reading Hypnotized by Bright Objects: National Poetry Month 2011
#blog4NWP, twitter, and speaking up
Don’t forget to keep it up: tweet, facebook, blog. Do it for the National Writing Project and the thousands of educators and hundred of thousands of kids this program helps each year. For more: http://coopcatalyst.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/3-ways-to-help-blog4nwp/
Sometimes words are enough: #blog4NWP
Last year about this time, I wrote a blog post that tried to capture my experiences with the National Writing Project. I wanted to express the joy, love, and learning I have encountered in my journey as an NWP teacher. Last year, I described it this way: I learned about the power of teachers sharing… Continue reading Sometimes words are enough: #blog4NWP
#MACUL 2011: Using Social Media for Professional Learning
Presentation information: Thursday, March 17: 1-2 pm Below is the slidedeck, the live notes, and the curated tweets from the session, with added google doc of notes. Here are some additional resources from the National Writing Project’s Digital Is site, a wonderful resource for teachers looking to add more tech to their classrooms: #PleaseHelp: Learning… Continue reading #MACUL 2011: Using Social Media for Professional Learning
The Educational Affordances of Flash Mobs: Our SITE 2011 preso
The SITE (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) conference is going on in Nashville right now, but I was already on the hook for the National Writing Project’s Rural Sites Network Conference in Little Rock. While I can’t be there in person for the SITE presentation, I wanted to use this space as a… Continue reading The Educational Affordances of Flash Mobs: Our SITE 2011 preso
Mamacademic: how I hack parenthood, grad school, etc
Last week I had the pleasure and privilege of participating in the Digital Media and Learning: Designing Learning Futures conference in Long Beach. What was striking to me as a first-year female grad student was that this was the first time I had seen evidence of the fact that not only are we women represented… Continue reading Mamacademic: how I hack parenthood, grad school, etc
Dispatch from #dml2011: Designing Learning Futures
It is quite early here in Long Beach, but I am still on EST, so I am taking advantage of my early rising to tap out a blog post here in the deserted vestibule where registration took place yesterday. Then, of course, it was a different story. The place was abuzz with interesting conversations and… Continue reading Dispatch from #dml2011: Designing Learning Futures
