Weblogs in Higher Education

Radio radio

A fine example of a small story told well, from This American Life--a four-year-old grows very interested in Jesus and what he taught, and then she sees a connection to a new person she learns about, Martin Luther King. Go to Kid Logic (Episode 188) and skip ahead to 13:10 in the audio. What takes this from a story to a good story?...

Moving day

It's official, I guess. I'm moving on over to a little more modern blogging software. The new site is: akaKenSmith.com (...also known as...) pMachine, you've been a gem.

Pirates and social media

Innovative collaborations? Movement of information across the world via new technology? Exchanges between groups previously unable to work together? New jobs created by access to new information? Disruptions of market values due to new forces and actors? Sure, but are we talking about pirates here? Yes. See the later paragraphs of Chana Joffe-Walt's 5/22/09 story, "After A Pirate Negotiation,...

Pages (academic) never meant to be read

The epigraph from a new book on Shakespeare by Clinton Heylin: The greatest advantage of Shakespearean studies seems to be that questions may be asked over and over again, and that almost nobody pays attention to the answers � unless he borrows them for his own use in an article or a book. � HYDER E. ROLLINS, 1944

Working with your hands (your mind)

"A good job requires a field of action where you can put your best capacities to work and see an effect in the world," says Matthew B.Crawford in his essay on "The Case for Working With Your Hands." Students and faculty might enjoy his essay for the strong writing as well as for the clues he gives about why academic work...