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Why the internet isn’t a cultural remedy after all

The first time I had an internet experience that crossed cultural boundaries was when I was using a first gen music sharing site like Napster to find J-Pop. I just happened to notice that this particular pirate/curator liked a lot of the same music that I did from my first stint teaching ESL in Japan…

March 2, 2016

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Arab Spring, book club, Christian Rudder, culture, danah boyd, Dataclysm, digital divide, inequality, It’s Complicated, social networking, TeachOntario, TVO

#BIT15Reads: Where do we go from here?

Welcome to all new members of #BIT15Reads! Hello to all of you who’ve been with us since the beginning. We gained almost 30 new members since November 4th bringing our total membership to 92 members. Fantastic. I’d like to propose a few ideas for moving forward: a) we keep the name #BIT15Reads until Dec. 31,…

November 21, 2015

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#BIT15Reads: Interview with author Jose Luis Vilson

Bright and early Sunday morning at 10 am EST (we changed the clocks back an hour in Ontario), author Jose Luis Vilson joins me to talk about his book This is not a test: A new narrative on race, class and education. Taking a moment to reflect on Jose’s work and how he described it…

November 1, 2015

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#BIT15Reads, author interview, book club, book reviews, Jose Luis Vilson, This is not a test

#BIT15Reads: Interview with author Clive Veroni

Today at 5:00 pm ET Clive Veroni joins me to discuss his book Spin Veroni’s book Spin revolves around the idea that modern media marketing has completely changed politics and business practices from autocratic to democratic….much the same way that education is moving. There are so many things that Clive said that both reaffirm and…

October 29, 2015

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#BIT15Reads, author interview, book club, book reviews, business, Clive Veroni, marketing, politics, social media, Spin

#BIT15Reads: Interview with author Rosemary Lehman

Author Rosemary Lehman joins me today to talk about her book Motivating and Retaining Online Students As you can see in my video, there are a lot of stickies on my copy of her book! It was a genuine thrill to speak with her today and being able to ask her questions deepened my understanding…

October 26, 2015

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#BIT15Reads, author interview, book club, design thinking, elearning, elearning course design, motivation, online instruction, reading, retention, Rosemary Lehman

#BIT15Reads: Google Hangout with Heather and Deb

Tonight at 7:30 pm I will go live with Heather Durnin and Deb McCallum about their reading and experience in the BIT15Reads bookclub so far. Deb is reading Motivating and Retaining Online Students by Rosemary Lehman, and Heather is reading This is Not a a Test by Jose Vilson. Both authors have agreed to be interviewed…

October 18, 2015

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#BIT15Reads, book club, book reviews, Deb McCallum, Heather Durnin, Jose Vilson, Rosemary Lehman