As my loyal readers know, I am currently participating in graduate program. When I began said program, I had hoped to use this blogging space to discuss the things I am learning and thinking about, as well as some of the ways I have figured out to read better, write better, or work better (also… Continue reading Introducing the Festival of Awkward Series
Tag: lifehack
How to Hack it on Twitter
by Andrea Zellner and Leigh Graves Wolf (cross posted on each blog) Recently we have had conversations with fellow grad students about the value of Twitter. This post is targeted towards those of you who may have a foot in the stream, but aren’t quite sure how to navigate the waters. One colleague tweeted [approximately]… Continue reading How to Hack it on Twitter
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
Using the iPad to hack the grad school workflow
I am lucky to be a member of the inaugural cohort of the hybrid Phd in Ed Psych/Ed Tech at Michigan State University. Not only do we do the majority of our coursework online, but we were lent an iPad to assist in our studies. As I’ve gotten to know said iPad, I’ve discovered a… Continue reading Using the iPad to hack the grad school workflow
Hacking the NWP Annual Meeting: Part 2
So now that you’ve started thinking about how you might go about hacking the conference, you may be looking at my proposed list in part 1 and having a few thoughts. For instance, “I really don’t want to lug my laptop around to the conference, especially without internet access in the meeting rooms.” or “that… Continue reading Hacking the NWP Annual Meeting: Part 2
Hacking the NWP Annual Meeting: Part 1
After years attending to the National Writing Project Annual Meeting with the traveling band of Red Cedar Writing Project wiki-ers, bloggers, podcasters, and tweeters, I feel I have a good handle on how to hack a conference. In the past, we’ve been really cognizant of those of us at home, wishing we could be at… Continue reading Hacking the NWP Annual Meeting: Part 1
