On UnLearning: A Response to The Future of (Mostly) Higher Education MOOC
When I was 35, I divorced my husband of 12 years and began my life as a single mother of three young children. I was a tenured community college professor by then, I had a Ph.D., a stable income, a...
View ArticleConfessions of an Academic Platypus
Originally posted on Dr. K's Blog: WOW. I have never been to an International Society of Technology and Education (ISTE) conference before. In fact, I have never been a member of ISTE until now. You...
View ArticleExploring the New Google Drive Add-Ons: Mail Chimp
Originally posted on Dr. K's Blog: Many of you are completely unaware that Google Drive has, again, changed dramatically. If you have been using Google Drive at all, and have been paying attention even...
View ArticleEMAIL: How to Send It, Write It, Share It
I was shocked by a revelation by my friend, Frederick Cope, that many of the students he teaches do not know how to email. “WHAT?” I said. (I’m still in shock, really.) I’m in shock mostly because...
View ArticleRefusing the Adjunct Route
I’m unemployed, but I won’t be applying for any adjunct positions in English. I have worked as an adjunct before, but I will do my best not work as an adjunct again because working as an adjunct will...
View ArticleFlipped Learning Using VideoNot.es Google Add-On
Flipped learning is great, isn’t it? It is the basis of much of my face-to-face and online courses, and it provides an opportunity to get my students involved and interested in the lesson before they...
View ArticleGoodbye “Hello.” Evernote has killed you.
Originally posted on Dr. K's Blog: I have received several notifications from Evernote lately regarding one of my favorite Evernote add-ons, “Hello.” I am sorry to see that Evernote will stop...
View ArticleGTA is Educational, and Not the Type of Education You Think It Is!
My son is nine, and he loves Grand Theft Auto (GTA). Now, before you start condemning me as a bad parent and scolding me about how I shouldn’t let my son play a game clearly designed for older...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Gratuitous EdTech!
I’m so done with article after article about how we should use Technology in the Classroom when it is “called for” or “appropriate.” I think these were fine articles about five years ago, but they...
View ArticleSetting Up Amazon Echo’s Alexa to Alert Family to Emergency
Originally posted on Dr. K's Blog: Alexa now notifies the family if there is an emergency. My mom is pretty dang tech savvy for an 84-year-old. She has an iPhone 6, she texts, and she even has a...
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