An interesting abstract from my advisor for an article about the semiotics of multimodality, or texts that utilize a variety of media. I have to get the article from inter-library loan so I haven’t read it but I did visit the D.U.S.T.Y. website to see some of the examples. What a wonderful […]

continue reading.....

So, the big report about the effectiveness of educational software is out and the news is supposedly bad. In other words, the software has no significant effect on student test scores. I must say that I am not surprised. Isn’t that the conclusion we find with all sorts of educational interventions? […]

continue reading.....

From Sheryl over at 21st Century Collaborative:
List the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things that you do at least 4 or 5 times every week. Anything less than that may be a […]

continue reading.....

And, here’s Part Two:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjOXKQxirxI]
tags: stepitup2007

continue reading.....

Dr. Wielicki made the science of climate change and the rhetoric of that science easy to understand. Here’s Part One:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUXcLPU2CII]
tags: stepitup2007

continue reading.....

Here’s Part Two. This hasn’t shown up in my videos yet in YouTube so I’ll embed it here:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq1DAkcDwmU]
tags: stepitup2007

continue reading.....

We went to the rally at William and Mary yesterday. There was a nice group despite the rain. Lots of WUUs! I spent the rest of the afternoon editing the video of the speakers and getting it loaded to YouTube. Here’s the first part of Reverend Preston Moore’s talk:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpqjXiry-U]
tags:stepitup2007

continue reading.....

I’m writing my article for the VEA News and focusing on a random collection of Web 2.0 tools.  I have to include Google Maps since I spent all day yesterday creating my first mash up of our Texas trip.
I went to YouTube and checked out my subscriptions.  Here’s a very cool video from Eclectic Asylum […]

continue reading.....