Author Archives: Reverend

This ain’t yo mama’s e-portfolio, part 3

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Reverend

So, to pick up on parts 1 and 2, part 3 is an examination of some of the uses and possibilities of feed-driven architecture for dealing with the varying ways we might understand a portfolio, which—as Stephen Downes notes here—is … Continue reading →

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Authority is not truth

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Reverend

Stephen Downes already linked to it, so this may be irrelevant, nonetheless if you missed Mike Caulfield’s post about Monica Hesse’s article in the Washington Post, be sure to check it out, it is awesome. Without question one of the … Continue reading →

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This ain’t yo mama’s e-portfolio, part 2

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Reverend

So, in an attempt to galvanize my mania to its most chaotically productive for Faculty Academy 2008, I’ll go on with this e-portfolio madness, as promised. However, the comments on part 1 are already making me wonder whether this post … Continue reading →

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This ain’t yo mama’s e-portfolio, part 1

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Reverend

It’s been over a year now since my full-fledged burn, baby, burn conversation with Gardner Campbell about WordPress Multi-User, ELS Blogs, the Digital Five Ring Binder, and the underpinnings of re-imagining an online distributed space for teaching and learning that … Continue reading →

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Bestiaries, Lockdown, and Twitter

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Reverend

I went down to the University of Richmond today to see Tom Woodward’s Blog Bestiary presentation at UR’s Learning 2008 event. Tom’s presentation was a lot of fun, and his ability to take the medieval bestiary metaphors and images and … Continue reading →

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MistyLook Theme for MediaWiki Toolbar Fix

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Reverend

This can be filed under obscure hacks. For those of you out there who are using the MistyLook theme for MediaWiki and haven’t been able to get the editing toolbar to show up in the later versions of MediaWiki, then … Continue reading →

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Judges 5:27

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Reverend

“…At her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.” I’ve spent much of the early morning hours reading through Brad Efford’s awesome Judges 5:27 blog—the Reverend’s last man on ELS Blogs! It is, without … Continue reading →

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Classic Video Game Emulation

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Reverend

I recently came to the realization that my best friend in Fredericksburg is my 12 year-old neighbor. I just can’t avoid the fact that I have never really progressed beyond the sixth grade; I am still so dearly enthralled by … Continue reading →

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Mashups, Italian Style!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Reverend

Well, Antonella Dalla Torre’s Italian 202 class had its first annual La Mattina degli Oscar (The Morning of the Oscars), and it was quite a special event. Good food, everyone well-dressed, and the culture was first rate, now that’s Italian! … Continue reading →

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Literary Journals Class, the sequel

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Reverend

Last week I got to see the second iteration of Claudia Emerson’s Literary Journals course present their work, and you can color me impressed (for my post on the first iteration see here). This course was first taught last Spring … Continue reading →

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