tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56297647205973562382011-07-30T15:29:28.161-04:00A catalog of my progress, barriers, "ah-ha's," and "duh" moments as I learn about technology, media, and information literacyJennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-63290191428978895902007-08-29T22:51:00.001-04:002009-09-01T13:23:33.320-04:00

Dear friends and random readers,Please visit my new blog, ThinkTime. Thanks!

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-75699682595241100312007-08-23T16:15:00.000-04:002008-12-09T08:42:49.844-05:00

What a treat to be recognized as a good commenter by Dr. Scott McLeod of the Dangerously Irrelevant blog!If you would like to recognize someone for their contributions on others' blogs, give them a fantastic commenter badge or design your own.Thank you, Scott!technorati tags: blogs edublogs

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-40961924926943075072007-08-23T07:06:00.000-04:002007-08-23T23:09:58.275-04:00

A friend of mine who is a parent and former educator sent me a link to a New York Times article about efforts in that city to accommodate the needs of potential drop-outs. Using a combination of Gates Foundation grant money and taxpayer dollars, the educational leadership created special "transfer schools" with a menu of services to help older-than-average, at-risk students earn their credits

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-83039483928932038372007-08-16T09:51:00.000-04:002007-08-16T12:18:08.410-04:00

Some illuminating comments followed recent posts by Will Richardson (on managing RSS) and Gary Stager (on posting timely comments). These discussions have helped me frame my thinking on best practices for engaged learning in the edublogosphere, specifically, and in learning communities in general.Richardson calls the new technology "disruptive" in the way it shakes up the process and places so

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-90642253794846392592007-08-15T23:30:00.000-04:002007-08-15T23:39:26.373-04:00

Sorry, sometimes I revert to my past life as a freshman English teacher, and I just can't resist a cheap alliteration.My brain has been occupied these last several days -- with a culminating project for an independent study I undertook this summer, with a new inquiry I am about to begin this semester, and with the onset of a new fall schedule.I've been quietly ruminating and collecting my

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-69903506622642860842007-08-09T04:59:00.000-04:002007-08-09T06:34:44.448-04:00

Yesterday I received an email with "computer nerd" in the subject line. It was from a good friend and fellow blog author, who incidentally is also a minister.Namecalling is hardly an attribute I would ascribe to the open, collaborative venue that is the read/write web, nor, for that matter, is it a behavior I would associate with someone whose sworn mission in life is Christian outreach. But I

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-5215133714129072932007-08-07T10:56:00.000-04:002007-08-15T23:37:46.126-04:00

One of my delights as an undergrad was the twice annual visit to the campus bookstore to buy my texts. My fellow English majors probably have similar fond memories: armloads of paperbacks with a few Norton anthologies thrown in for good measure. As a financial aid recipient, my checking account was always fat at the beginning of each new semester, and money seemed to be no object as I piled blue

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-76474600312226577492007-08-06T13:04:00.000-04:002007-08-08T11:15:21.817-04:00

This fall I will begin an independent study/inquiry under the supervision of Dr. Mary Anne Blank in the department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of Tennessee-Knoxville.The topic of inquiry is how to use 21st century skills and applications to support/enhance/facilitate Knox County Schools' new teacher induction and mentoring program here in East Tennessee. The program,

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-4358321631176770722007-08-03T00:31:00.000-04:002007-08-03T01:13:13.872-04:00

I am almost finished reading Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins. I know, I know, it was on everyone's reading list last year, but I am a latecomer to all of this!The book is an exploration of the rapid change in our media landscape brought about by two competing and hopelessly intertwined forces, what Jenkins calls "the top-down force of corporate convergence and the bottom-up force of

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-85399984090860914822007-08-02T14:54:00.000-04:002007-08-02T15:36:55.704-04:00

MTV, Nickelodeon, and Microsoft commissioned an international study of youth and technology, and with 18,000 surveyed, it is being heralded as the largest study of its kind. The report is titled "Circuits of Cool/Digital Playground."I haven't seen or read the actual study. I learned about it through a United Business Media wire story posted at CNNMoney.com and elsewhere. Judging by the companies

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-28252183188633601462007-07-31T20:54:00.000-04:002007-08-02T15:52:13.045-04:00

According to this news article, teachers in Charlottesville, VA, are learning how to use open, web-based technologies to create, edit, and share curriculum materials. Specifically, they are receiving training in Curriki, the brainchild of Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy. According to eSchool News online, which also posted a story about Curriki earlier this year, McNealy envisioned Curriki as

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-84115920594520222912007-07-24T23:13:00.000-04:002007-08-05T23:20:55.354-04:00

Earlier this summer I took a course in educational philosophy in which we read "A Teacher and His World," an essay by John Dewey first published in 1935 in the journal The Social Frontier.Apart from the sexism in the title, I found resonance in Dewey's argument. I regret that I cannot locate an open-source version of the essay to link to in this post. Sigh.Here is a quote:The sum of the matter

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-80087188174877641632007-07-06T07:59:00.000-04:002007-07-06T22:42:21.074-04:00

Scott McLeod designated July 4 as Leadership Day and challenged edubloggers to write about school technology leadership. I missed the "deadline" but am going to share an idea anyway.I just finished my first-ever virtual learning experience, a summer course titled "Internet: Implications for Teaching and Learning." It was fun. We posted all assignments on the Internet and participated in weekly

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-2707475843789355062007-07-01T21:02:00.000-04:002008-12-09T08:42:50.228-05:00

I jotted this diagram in my notes last month during a philosophy of education class. The instructor had cautioned us against using labels such as "myth" and "folklore" to describe non-scientific evidence, as these terms are evoked by Westerners who seek to marginalize the oral tradition. Prior to the Age of Enlightenment and the explosion of print, which helped elevate the scientific method,

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-17710707588706307912007-06-29T13:23:00.000-04:002007-07-02T10:33:29.759-04:00

My ePortfolio, a work in progress, is now online. I am really excited about it and will be working on it throughout the summer.Please visit my ePortfolio and send me your comments, suggestions, and questions!technorati tags: professional development ePortfolio portfolio

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-76320971386787198142007-06-18T10:43:00.000-04:002007-07-06T23:24:03.934-04:00

This summer I begin work on a practical prospectus, a road map for my thesis, which I will begin writing this fall. I plan to use this blog as a repository of ideas and a place to make my thinking more transparent.I am told by my graduate advisor that all good research begins with a question. I know this! I've led 9th grade English students through the research process more times than I can

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-45315214498513200632007-06-16T22:59:00.000-04:002007-06-18T10:43:04.560-04:00

As part of a recent assignment for a course I am taking this summer at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, I had to investigate an organization's web publishing policy and report on it in an online forum (Moodle) so my classmates and I could discuss and compare our findings. It was a great exercise, and I am still pondering some of the ideas that bubbled up. In fact, I may integrate this

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-31231299828598365722007-06-11T00:41:00.000-04:002007-06-11T01:50:41.507-04:00

I want to send a big shout-out to my husband, Ron, who traveled to the 11th Annual Webby Awards in New York last week to collect a trophy for diynetwork.com, the website he directs. The New York Times calls the Webby Awards "the Oscars of the Internet," and when you consider the billions of web pages out there, the old cliche "it's an honor just to be nominated" really rings true. Ron and his

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-92085032010833929102007-05-31T07:02:00.000-04:002007-06-05T13:44:54.350-04:00

In the previous post I reflected on Danah Boyd's article "Social Network Sites: Public, Private or What?" I want to build on the media literacy connection she made at the end of her essay and share one more "ah-hah."To review, Boyd acknowledges the challenge the social networking revolution places on educators: how do we embrace these technologies while helping young people to negotiate the

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-50722618541964807842007-05-31T06:04:00.000-04:002007-06-04T11:41:16.069-04:00

I found this article about social networking by way of Weblogg-ed last month. It was just what he said it would be: an excellent "primer" for educators (and others) who are starting to explore the potential of social networking sites. The article explains in simple terms how social network sites work. This information couldn't have arrived at a better time, as I am experiencing MySpace

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-317849078631069602007-05-16T06:04:00.000-04:002007-05-16T07:06:16.767-04:00

A very cool article appeared this weekend in the New York Times Magazine. If it wasn't for the title, “Sex, Drugs, and Updating your Blog,” I'd post it as a resource on Publish Me! But, well, . . . anyway it's a terrific account of what can happen when artists (in this case, musicians) adapt the self-publishing potential of the web as the basis for managing their flowering careers. Singers,

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-3538557996354117512007-05-16T04:08:00.000-04:002007-05-16T07:07:18.369-04:00

I am officially announcing the beta release of Publish Me!, my project site developed for IT 578. (I think I just coined a new oxymoron: “officially beta.”)In this post, I want to document some questions, doubts, and struggles associated with the development of Publish Me!First of all, a little background about my schizophrenic semester. I enrolled in two challenging courses this spring: IT 521

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-9651379371453905032007-04-26T04:39:00.000-04:002007-04-26T13:25:24.043-04:00

According to the syllabus today marks the last formal class meeting for IT 578, which is an introductory course in web design and Dreamweaver. Our project sites are due exactly one week from today. My site, a publishing portal for teen writers, is no where near complete and neither is my understanding of the complexities of web design and web site development.One thing I am certain of is this

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-3815445530154318242007-04-17T05:34:00.000-04:002007-07-25T12:15:59.705-04:00

As part of a research paper on the privatization of public schools, specifically commercialization through school-business "partnerships," I began reading No Logo by Naomi Klein. Note my use of the word "began;" I got as far as Chapter 4, "The Branding of Learning," which has helped me understand how the traditional line between the pubic and private sectors has become blurred in recent years. As

Jennifer K. Lubkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629764720597356238.post-33442536830064926962007-04-17T05:24:00.000-04:002007-04-17T05:33:31.628-04:00

In addition to the Fulton Webliographer, which I wrote about on April 7, I have developed a Webliographer page based on my personal interest in resources and publishing opportunities for teenagers. This Webliographer is still in development and will continue to grow along with the Publish Me! website, which I am designing as part of my final project for IT 578.Both of these projects are near to

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