Links of the week – teaching and learning edition
Last Friday my partner Beth and I attended the First Annual (if such a thing can exist) Technology in Education Symposium (otherwise known as TIES). At the conference I made some connections with resulted in me being hired to teach a blended learning (a mix of online and in classroom) class entitled “Teaching with Technology.” … Read more
What would you do if you won the lottery?
I’m a big fan of Jenn Nelson’s blog Unmuseum. The other day I was reading the blog and came across Jenn’s bucket list. This got me thinking about my life and the kinds of things I’d like to achieve in it. I’m not sure how my mind leaped in logic, but for some reason I started … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 6 – Do loose lips sink scholarships?
I’m a firm believer that you should never write anything digitally that you wouldn’t want the entire world to see. A tweet, email, or Facebook status written in haste can come back to haunt you in unexpected ways. In a world where employers, family members, and selection committees regularly look into your online presence, it’s … Read more
How not to apply for grad school (a story from personal experience)
Grad school can be a lot like a relationship – if the chemistry isn’t there, things just aren’t going to work out. Just because you both enjoy long walks on the beach and the listening to show-tunes, doesn’t mean you are right for each other. Likewise, it can be difficult to determine which grad school is … Read more
Links of the week – a review of lit reviews
The other day I was talking with a friend on Facebook who is just starting her MA. One of the first tasks assigned to her was to create a literature review examining research and articles written on cultural property and the Parthenon/Elgin marbles. Having never done a literature review in her undergrad, she wondered if I … 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 – 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
Links – or, suggested reading
I apologize for the lack of content recently. As I’m sure most bloggers know, motivation to blog ebbs and flows. A general lack of inspiration combined with taking a long weekend holiday in Seoul, made for a rather slow week here on ivrytwr. Before I continue with my weekly link list, I’d like to heap … Read more
The Historian’s Craft
One of my favourite stories is that of Scheherazade, the frame narrative of 1001 Nights in which the heroine, the sultan’s wife, tells her husband stories for 1001 nights to prevent him from executing her when the morning comes. Each night, as the dawn approached, Scheherazade would stop telling stories right at the climax of … Read more
The battle of the bulge – or why history can be bad for your health
Excuses come easily to me, always have. Regardless of any excuses that I might make to justify things to myself, I have come to a definite conclusion – I have let myself get horribly out of shape. Since beginning of MA in the fall of 2010, I’ve probably put on about 25 extra pounds. While … Read more
