Focus is Frightening
I wrote last week about using prompts to give students agency. I wrote last month about using Wikipedia positively in the classroom. When I use…
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In Defense of Wikipedia
Each week, I give my interactive communication students a theme focusing on a key element of the Web and that element’s influence on our culture.…
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Every Family Needs a Historian
At first glance, a family tree looks like an exercise in narcissism. It turns whole centuries, histories, and diaries into little more than sands in…
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The Handrail, According to Wikipedia
I was never a skater or a snowboarder. If I buy a lift ticket, I put two planks on my feet and they don’t leave…
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Best Practices Are No Longer Best Practice
I said good hashtags don’t need to trend, they just need to create good conversation. It’s enough of a marvel that Twitter and a hashtag…
