ivrytwr Summer Road-trip 2012
As part of our jobs as public school English teachers, Beth and I receive two weeks off in the summer. Tired of airports and baggage we decided to hit the open road in our 2001 Kia Spectra and let fate be our guide. We ended up driving along the East coast of Korea down to … Read more
Popularity contest – twitter, influence, and universities
Twitter is big and universities are embracing twitter in a big way. From the University of Louisville barring athletes from using specific words on twitter, to Florida State University offering a course teaching students how to raise their Klout score using twitter, to professors encouraging twitter use to grow students’ writing abilities, twitter is changing the … Read more
Links of the week – let there be lights edition
As you may have noticed in my last ‘links of the week’ post I promised a busy week on the site, and yet, there were only two posts last week. What gives? As it turns out, it’s extremely difficult to blog without power or an internet connection. I’m currently working as an English teacher at … Read more
The war on critical thought – why historians matter in our society
One of my favourite professors always used to say, “A degree in history doesn’t disqualify you from anything.” While true, this begs the question, what exactly does history qualify you for? I’ve always struggled with justifying, to myself and often to others, my decision to study history. I’m sure nearly everyone in the humanities has … Read more
Links of the week – back to school edition
As you may have noticed, last week the site was pretty much dead. For most of last week Beth and I were taking a road-trip along the East coast of Korea. We decided to drive South and stop at any cultural heritage sites that looked interested. It was a fantastic trip. Starting in September look … Read more
Links of the week – MOOCMOOC edition
If you have any free time this week, I strongly recommend that you follow MOOCMOOC. What is MOOCMOOC? Aside from being fun to say, it’s a Massively Online Open Course (MOOC) about Massively Online Open Courses (a MOOC about MOOCs). You can enroll or learn more about MOOCMOOC on its website. In honour of MOOCMOOC, … Read more
Can I haz ESL? – Using lolcats to teach English and digital literacy
When designing an ESL summer camp revolving around the theme of digital literacy it was important for me to involve my students in online content creation and not just content consumption. To me one of the most amazing things about the internet is how it empowers anyone with an internet connection and an idea to … Read more
Digital Adventure 2012 – teaching materials, photos, and student videos
This will be a general post about my ESL summer camp engaging Korean elementary students in digital literacy skills. Below you’ll find most of my teaching materials, a number of photos from the camp, and videos made by my students. If any of these teaching materials are of use to you, please use them or … Read more
Digital Adventure 2012: engaging ESL students in digital literacy
One of my favourite parts of my job as a public elementary school teacher in Korea is camp season. During the winter and summer breaks I get to plan and run a one-week camp for my grades 3-6 students. Last winter I used the theme of time travel to share my love of public history … Read more
Links of the week – my summer digital humanities project
My apologies for the lack of content on the site last week. Last week my ESL summer camp on digital literacy devoured the majority of my free time and motivation. On the whole I feel that my summer camp was a success. If I were to do it again, I’d rethink a lot of what I … Read more
