I picked up a friend from Italy at Dulles airport this evening, who will be staying with us for a couple of weeks, and we had a pretty interesting conversation on the ride home. The conversation immediately erupted into news about Barak Obama’s candidacy for president. And there was a real energy in the conversation, [...]
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If I can build and install a pacemaker in this man’s chest…
Published by June 1st, 2008 in Uncategorized. 4 CommentsI don’t know why I even attempted to find a musical anthem, it just ain’t my strength. So I am going to turn to something I am a little more familiar with: bad movies.
[All sorts of expletives in the following clip, you've been warned.]
Used Cars (1980) beautifully captures the DIY spirit of EDUPUNK, I [...]
I have to re-blog Brad Efford’s comment here (I fully acknowledge I am a huge fan of Brad’s, he epitomizes the grit, quirky humor, and intelligence of UMW’s finest, and having him in this conversation is both fun and important–he has much to add as you’ll see below). His comment crystallizes, yet again, so many [...]
The British Invasion is taking EDUPUNK by storm thanks to Tony Hirst (someone who in so many ways embodies the DIY ethic).
Click on the image above for this awesome video or follow this link.
What do you think –do we have our anthem?!
I have been waiting patiently for Brian to return to the blogosphere since this whole EDUPUNK thing took off, primarily because him, Gardner, and D’Arcy (who is one of my heroes) got me into this whole DIY EdTech thing that is resonating with so many throughout the internets—which I find really exciting.
So, when I saw [...]
Leslie Madsen Brooks, who I know from Clutter Museum fame, is also a BlogHer and her recent post “Introducing Edupunk” really frames some interesting connections that need to be articulated. She provides an excellent examination of the term as a larger social, political, and cultural issue at the heart of education as we know [...]
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Spent most of the evening last night dancing around my living room with my two little nutballs (full clarification: that refers to my children, and they are very EDUPUNK ) to the Weezer “Pork and Beans” video. I’ve never been a major Weezer fan, though I liked the Buddy [...]
Jon Beasley-Murray’s Murder, Madness, and Mayhem course at the University of British Columbia has blown my mind over the last few months. If you are not familiar with this amazing project that brings the full extent of the communal and collaborative power of Wikipedia into the classroom, I strongly recommend you go read Jon’s [...]
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