The Class Discussion
Below is our classroom, a mashup of technology, pedagogy, and the humanities. A Twitter timeline captures our avatars and conversations. A blogroll takes the attendance and assignments. Bookmark this page and class is just a click away, any time of the day, from any point in the world.
You can also search for the hashtag #506iv with various software apps for your desktop, tablet, and smartphone including Twitterrific, Hootsuite, and Tweetdeck. Utilize the #506iv hashtag yourself, and you can participate.
Whether you are a freelancer who can check in throughout the day or someone working two jobs and offline for much of the week, class is always here, a waiting audience and semester-long question: “Can you engage us with your words alone?”
This is the new classroom:
#506iv Feed
The #506iv hashtag creates a virtual classroom:
Just as I use the hashtag #506iv to unite my students’ class #conversation and course work across time and place as creative #examples for the next semester’s roster, I also use #hashtags to identify their #assignments and sort them under the course’s major concepts and #seven chapters. I’ve come to see many of these #themes as part of a new #grammar of interactive writing and communication. Every online #message succeeds or fails based on its grasp of #games, #tweets, #avatars, #links, #algorithms, #wikis, and #blogs. Don’t understand? Then follow this account.
#connection #communication #interdisciplinary #edtech #interactivity #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #process #algorithm #gameweek #beta25
“Not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much #better place, but they actually even think the #opposite. This is no wonder, when the news focuses on reporting #catastrophes, terrorist attacks, wars and famines.”
This #listicle by The Conversation US takes its lead from Swedish academic Hans Rosling, doing his best to combat #misinformed global pessimism. In seven #infographics, we see child mortality, income inequality, and conflict rates continue to fall; life expectancies, income levels, and democracies continue to rise; while the population is stabilizing. Doesn’t sound like an #endgame. #interactivity #timeline #techlash #gamification #gameweek #mod1 #506iv
Seven charts that show the world is actually becoming a better place
A look at key data shows that the world is much better off today than ever before in history.
When you look through #Facebook, you #observe. When you interact with the #interface, posting a status or creating a Facebook Page, you #use the software. Mark Zuckerberg #authored Facebook’s original design—and is answering for it too. #gameweek #beta25 #506iv
Game and play are synonymous with #agency. How much skin do you have in? #Spectators are on the sidelines while #authors put all their cards on the table. #Users are somewhere between the two, using their #imaginations to varying degrees. #gameweek #beta25 #506iv
After looking ahead in #previewweek, students read the first chapter and assignments of The Interactive Voice. Module one, #gameweek, further explores my #gamification of the online #classroom while the class material explores the unprecedented #interactivity within our present culture. #writing #communication #Web #workshop #edtech #beta25 #506iv
How many word phrases or idioms can you name that turn life into a #game? #eyesontheball #startfromsquareone #levelup #challengeaccepted #gameover #gameweek #beta25 #506iv
These numbers should not look disappointing. To appear in almost 90 films and end up with a third in the memorable category is mind-bogglingly successful. Most actors appear in forgettable films their entire lives waiting for that one role. Bruce Willis played the odds well, and was rewarded for his talent, which is why he is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. #performance #perseverance #drafts #blogging #mod7 #506iv
The push-back reflects the success of #creativity and new ideas. Not long ago, we didn’t know the brain was soft and woolly. Your comment made think about (and write about) the source of my confidence in number sense. #math #algorithm #process #506iv
Nine years ago, I started teaching The Interactive Voice. Eight years ago today, I chose #506iv as the hashtag. Today begins year ten.
#step #process #algorithm #class #classification #conversation #community #communication #interdisciplinary #teaching #edtech #interactive #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #previeweek #beta25 #startover
#step #process #algorithm #class #classification #conversation #community #communication #interdisciplinary #teaching #edtech #interactive #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #previeweek #beta25 #startover
#506iv is my course #hashtag. It’s also my virtual #classroom. It only trends for my #roster of students. To anyone else, it’s gibberish. The sequence of numbers and letters is unlikely to appear in a different #context. Thus it allows us to create the small, invested, and #idiosyncratic dialogue that leads to unique #ideas. Yet it’s also open to the #public should our words catch the #attention of an expert with thoughts to add.
Come on in.
#conversation #connection #communication #interdisciplinary #diversity #classification #focus #teaching #edtech #interactivity #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #process #algorithm #previeweek
Come on in.
#conversation #connection #communication #interdisciplinary #diversity #classification #focus #teaching #edtech #interactivity #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #process #algorithm #previeweek
Nine years ago, I started teaching The Interactive Voice. Eight years ago today, I chose #506iv as the hashtag. Today begins year ten. https://t.co/GJzHBj4b6w
Those three #readings are enough for today. Tweet #506iv if you have thoughts or questions. #previewweek
On the set of @SistersBrosFilm, #joaquinphoenix taught #johncreilly a lesson in #presence. Reilly’s inability to #trust his own preparation and skill threatened to keep him outside the moment of #discovery. #improvisation #showweek #mod10 #506iv
Whenever a fellow #parent is understandably concerned about not #knowing how to help their child with modern math #homework, I send them @profkeithdevlins wonderful article about number sense. #algorithmweek #mod5 #506iv https://t.co/gXOvI9bmxK
Terrific article by @stevenbjohnson uses time travel as a metaphor for the #imagination and what makes humans special: We can rethink the past and write the future. #devilsadvocate #linkweek #mod4 #506iv https://t.co/RifEo142Wl
We’ve been playing with algorithms and their #alternatives for almost a decade now in #506iv. This is the #classroom where minds drift—and #draft. #improvise #draftthink #trollyourself #linkweek #mod4
“I should just be OK with being nervous and let us discover something on film. 'Cause that's really what film is all about—catching lightning in a bottle.” via John C. Reilly #improvisation #script #presence #presentation #showweek #mod10 #506iv
The “human mind can bring something that computers cannot begin to do, and maybe never will: #understanding.” via @profkeithdevlin #process #wordalgorithm #numbersense #effectivemethod #algorithmweek #mod5 #506iv
A #writing course turns every student into an author with #agency and an audience member seeking #understanding. Through constructive #critique, the group becomes critically #selfaware together. #previewweek #506iv
It is difficult to see ahead when you clear your own path. This is #previewweek. #webworkshop #startover #506iv
I just read a powerful spec #script by one of the #506iv #alums. Keep me updated on your work. #submissions #finals #capstones #wikis #theses
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches embody the lifelong #writing process of finding the right words for your message—the #links that will draw readers to your voice. In his lesser-known #speech, “What Is Your Life’s #Blueprint?” delivered to junior high school students only six months before his assassination, he emphasizes the importance of vocation—of #building a life of #focus. He even invokes Emerson’s idea of the better #mousetrap. #MLK #thesis #argument #structure #linkweek #mod4 #506iv
Martin Luther King Jr: An extraordinary life
A tribute to Dr. King, through stories of his life, photographs of the times in which he lived, and perspectives from politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens on his tremendous legacy.
Start over does not mean start from scratch. It’s not that tired January cliché; “New Year, New You.” It means accepting old you—that your mistakes are your #experience. Every sunrise gives us the strength to begin again in a #cycle of ups and downs that rolls forward. Accept the day and night, weeks and seasons, cold and hibernation, and that #spring is coming. Even the best of us are rough drafts. Even masters think of their masterpieces as unfinished #work. Cultivate your #drafts that one might someday become a #masterpiece for someone else. Stop waiting for the new you. Enjoy the work-in-process. “New Year, Beta You.”
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#betayou #draftthinking #startover #beginagain #longview #newyear #newdraft #previeweek #interactive #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #506iv
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#betayou #draftthinking #startover #beginagain #longview #newyear #newdraft #previeweek #interactive #voice #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #506iv
The Interactive Voice begins with #previewweek. This week, I’ll preview how Twitter, blogs, avatars, platforms, and hashtags create my #curriculum and #classroom. #writing #communication #web #workshop #edtech #506iv
This semester, I’m taking the #course myself. Join me. Every #voice can use another #draft. It’s time to #startover: https://t.co/4WVEFIcPQB #writing #communication #web #workshop #506iv
This year, rewrite how you use the #Web. Get The Interactive Voice workbook and follow the course hashtag #506iv. It’s time to #startover: https://t.co/5u08x0e2Ho #writing #communication #workshop
The best episode yet of #FindingYourRoots shows why I use #genealogy and @Ancestry to teach #research. The combination of hard science and human detective work is thrilling, but also personally engaging. Every #student should enter history through the self. #wikiweek #mod6 #506iv https://t.co/tMPkEd1cxa
@CaptAndrewLuck is a great #voice—thank you! Followed and added to the #avatarweek list. Keep ‘em coming, Dotty. #character #focus #avatar #mod3 #506iv https://t.co/FgwMnHSotE
How about part one all over again? #drafttwo #draftthink #startover #previewweek #506iv https://t.co/BUbiWpH7qE