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What no course can teach me?
Someone asked me what it is I learned at AERA that no formal course can teach me? It was a good question — I began to think a bit more about it beyond the big idea that I had learned a lot, things I could never get from a structured, formal learning setting for PhD students. 1. I got to watch how AERA operates from the inside — from one view — Division C.There is this humongous machinery that churns out different sorts of activities and events to cater to…
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AERA 2011 Learning Experience
AERA NOLA Apr 7-12. It is taking me a while to resettle into Syracuse. I feel out of touch with my dissertation writing after all my professional duties at AERA. But I wouldn’t have given it up for anything. This is an experience no formal course can ever teach me. I love meeting and working with people from other universities who are now my friends. When I go to AERA, I don’t feel alone or lonely; I belong to a community. Being a GSC rep will definitely count as a…
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Say what you mean, clearly
Source: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/09/please-complain.html If you want people to speak up, be clear and mean it. If you don’t, don’t pretend. – Seth Godin
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Next Steps in Arts Think Tank Part 2: Finding Penelope
The Play. I’ve been postponing this organization of my thoughts and my mixed (in a good way!) response to it. It is a beautifully crafted, complex and tender piece of art. I am half afraid to write about it. But “[f]inding Penelope” (FP) was one of the main reasons for my trip. So I want to document this learning experience. I had been following The Penelope Project blog for a while after Marj told me about it when she came back from the Seattle IA Conference. It inspired us, me,…
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Next Steps in Arts Think Tank: A Milestone Part 1
I had an enriching time at Milwaukee, learning and soaking in the experience of watching something profound unfold and transform everyone present — both the actors and the audience. Several people wept just talking about it. A-ma-zing. I’m grateful to be a part of history in the making. Yes, I do believe Dr. Basting’s research will mark a turning point in the use of arts for public health issues. This experience also marks a turning point in my doctoral journey. It’s a confirmation, a feeling I get that my dissertation…
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Slow to Speak, Quick to Listen
Franklin said that she never felt the need to set the record straight about the surgery or rumors of cancer, nor did she feel like she should reassure fans that she was fine. “No (I didn’t), because you really can’t control what people have to say, and you just can’t control what comes out of people’s mouths. So, it will take care of itself. I am my own best example and that’s where I leave that,” Franklin said. Read more. Well said, classy lady.
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Gender gap news
Lester Holt reports on how girls are flying by boys in American colleges. And this: “Among the fastest-growing jobs of the next decade, only two, janitorial work and computer engineering, are expected to be dominated by men.” Wow, where does he get these numbers from? Which studies are he referring to? Why doesn’t he report actual numbers of women in STEM occupations? How many did he talk to for this report? Yes, I can see girls everywhere in my School of Education but in Engineering, Physics, Statistics? “Women dominate high…
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Designing Brain Training & Other Experiences
A web start-up, Lumosity, claims to provide brain exercises to train your brain become “brighter”. Mhm. Read about it here at Mashable. I haven’t found time to try it out yet. Let me know if you have and if it does what it claims. The other thing that I learned today is about design. As an instructional designer by training and practice, I was struck by what Sawyer wrote on his blog: “A curator designs experiences, whether presentations, performances, or art spaces.” Basically, that’s what I do too? Designing and…
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Deaf Coffee 2nd Session 2-18-2011
[Img source: http://bit.ly/fpjGCO] I was tired but I went and meeting new people rejuvenated me. Michael and his family were there; there were a few people who I’d met at DAC and CNYRID. So I’m getting to know the community of Deaf and ASL interpreters. It dawned on me that my signing must be improving because Michael asked the other day if I needed voicing from the interpreter who was present. Tonight, at the coffee meet, an ASL student said I seem to be so comfortable with signing. :) I…
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ASL Interpreting: A Cognitively Complex Challenge
CNY-RID Meeting. Feb 4. Six challenges now face ASL interpreters. These were outlined by Dr. Dennis Cokely (Director of the ASL interpretation program at Northeastern University) in the video presentation of the Region 1 Conference meeting at Albany, NY, “What’s in your knapsack”. Not sure if I have organized the 6 correctly as we couldn’t see the slides and he didn’t list them as he spoke. 1. Values. Have they been lost? Not all change is growth; not all movement is forward.What’s the meaningful common cause? 2. Relationships. Pivotal changes…
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In Defense of Culture
My heart breaks to read of the Egyptian looters and the irreparable damage they inflicted on the learning of future generations. Years and years of accumulated cultural heritage, lifeworlds and memories had disappeared in Iraq during the US-led invasion. And now, we face the same threat to the Egyptian cultural heritage. Why some people would do this is unthinkable to me. But well, many other things are unthinkable acts too. When emotions are not managed, and misguided decisions are made too quickly, we live with the consequences. Read more here…
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iStethoscope Pro: mLearning in Healthcare
“Experts are saying the software is a major advance in medical technology and enables doctors in remote areas to access specialist advice.” Read more I read this with careful contemplation. I try to think how this device can be used to supplement other means to improve healthcare. It would be interesting to find out more about how it is used in practice. I don’t have an iPhone, yet, maybe, because I’m a poor doctoral student. This doesn’t stop me from being curious about the possibilities of what mobile, and any…
