If you were to ask that question immediately after looking at the time span between my last post here and this one, you might be wondering, “what will it take for Emily to get around to blogging again?” Alas, that is not the “it” to which I am referring. In the time since my last [...]
Last week, I pulled out a favorite expression of mine in situations of highly misguided energy. Luke and I were observing the ever growing vanity on Twitter, particularly the angst some people feel when their “follower” number drops, worsened by the use of applications like Qwitter, an application that notifies you when someone unfollows you. [...]
Last week I submitted the second interim report for the Make It Happen e-course pilot. The course has just passed the halfway point, and moving ahead, I’m most interested in getting feedback from the participants on how they see the online tools we’re using as facilitators of their learning and project management. I’m also on [...]
Pedro Noguera is a thinker in education who has done a lot to influence my own understanding of urban education and sociology. I read his work in grad school, especially as it relates to school violence in New York City, and have heard him speak several times over the past few years. Sometimes his words [...]
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