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Loosely Tied

Posted on 2 September 2014 by Jim

The Connected Courses facilitators list reads like a Who’s Who of my favourite rabid connectivists.  How could I not dip in? Ever since PLENK2010 I’ve been hooked by this interaction with clever educators.  It changed the way I approach my … Continue reading →

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Apologetic Canadian Zombie

Posted on 23 June 2014 by Jim

Well friends, here’s a zombie who has happily resolved his identity crisis. I have come to terms with what I am. I am a zombie. I bite and devour people. Sorry about that, but that’s the way it is. I … Continue reading →

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Peaceful River Bank

Posted on 23 June 2014 by Jim

  Wait.  I no longer have a human breast in which anything can spring.  I am a Zombie. I “lost” at Twitter versus Zombies.  OK, in the spirit of the game, I did not really lose; I changed.  But I … Continue reading →

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Conflicted Zombie

Posted on 22 June 2014 by Jim

I am a troubled zombie.  Not supposed to have any thought, only cravings for human flesh, particularly brains.  Troubling something buried deep within me, is the question, Why does scorn, violence, and compulsion come so easily?   How can I be … Continue reading →

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Test Getty Embed

Posted on 10 March 2014 by Jim

Lisa Lane Diigo-ed The Verge article about Getty Images’s new free embed licence. Here is the link to Getty’s page advertising the new service.  The embed code adds the appropriate credit – and will probably embed adverts and data collection … Continue reading →

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Rhizomatic Orality – conversation

Posted on 4 February 2014 by Jim

books is my most favouritest way of all to delightfully waste time – expecially “indulgent trash” (spies, mystery, & sci-fi). The premise, Is Books Making Us Stupid? (from week 4 of #Rhizo14 ) “just hit my berserk button.” (to quote … Continue reading →

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Rhizomatic Independence – Elusive

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Jim

Stephen Downes, reflecting in  OLDaily on a study of emotional affordances in a MOOC, urged “a need for participants to become more self-reflective.”   Yeah, I’ve been a butterfly, or a shallow root/spindly shoot popping up here and there, mostly in … Continue reading →

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Rhizomatic Pragmatism – a Contradiction?

Posted on 12 January 2014 by Jim

“When what’s on your cell phone is more important than what’s in the library, we’re challenged to say how do we do education differently, because if it’s about delivery of content, Google wins over teacher every day.” http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yellowknife-parents-teachers-talk-education-renewal-1.2451853 GNWT director … Continue reading →

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Time Warp

Posted on 1 November 2013 by Jim

WARNING: Time spent in Digital Imaging bears no relationship to time the real world. In the last few weeks I’ve dived into three different projects for Adobe’s online *course, Digital Creativity in the Classroom. In each project, after spending a reasonable … Continue reading →

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Tolstoy …more

Posted on 26 October 2013 by Jim

My intention to blog Tolstoy’s War & Peace chapter-by-chapter in Dan Bergstein style got derailed.  War and Peace turns out to be a fascinating read.  I was all the way to chapter 5 before I remembered why I started reading … Continue reading →

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