Tag Archives: edupunk

Where was this 2 years ago when I needed it?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Reverend

Via FFFFFound Care of the always trackback worthy Tom Woodward. (I love that guy!)

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EDUPUNK on Fox News?

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Reverend

Aaron Fowles sent along this video from Fox 5 News in Memphis, Tennessee that highlights the MidSouth Technology Conference, which is an edtech event for K-12 teachers (warning–first 30 seconds of video is an obnoxious Xmas ad). And while I … Continue reading →

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EDUPUNK: A Roundtable Discussion

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Reverend

A couple of weeks ago I was part of a round table discussion about EDUPUNK along with David Hall, Brian Frank and Matthew Hoy, and adeptly moderated by Steve Howard. The discussion was part of a bigger project by Jim … Continue reading →

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EDUPUNK Interview: Educational Commodification, Origins, and the Reification of an Idea

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Reverend

Click to v Some time this month I was interviewed by Jim Saunders, Steve Howard, and Nicole Veerman about EDUPUNK.  The were interested in the idea, and they are doing a series of interviews as a part of their graduate … Continue reading →

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When did EDUPUNK become about entrepreneurship?

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Reverend

I never really thought the ideas surrounding EDUPUNK led to innovation in businesses and business models, in fact I thought it brought into deep question the irresponsibility and lethargy of corporations like BlackBoard and their ilk as well as the … Continue reading →

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The Company Store

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Reverend

Image credit: L’Hibou’s “Le Wal-Mart de la rue Karl-Marx” While talking with my neighbor Kent Ippolito a few weeks ago, the conversation somehow found its way to a fascinating fact I had never heard before, namely that Wal-Mart has for … Continue reading →

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SXSW, Zombies, and EDUPUNK

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Reverend

SXSW Zombie/Edupunk Interview #2 from Tom Woodward on Vimeo. I’m thrilled to see the great Tom Woodward is uploading the interviews he did with random folks at SXSW about EDUPUNK and zombies. They’re a blast, and it’s awesome to finally … Continue reading →

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Smarthistory re-imagines the textbook

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Reverend

Beth Harris and Steve Zucker’s smarthistory is an exciting effort to re-imagine expensive Art History textbooks as open (as in free) web-based resources—with a Creative Commons share-alike license to boot. From what I understand from the original site designer, Joe … Continue reading →

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Connectivity as poverty

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Reverend

Image credit: Mike Rohde’s “SXSWi 2009: Sketchnotes: Connectivity = Poverty” I have to say that it’s a crime that the audio of Bruce Sterling’s rant at this year’s SXSW Interactive hasn’t been posted online yet. it was one of the … Continue reading →

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EDUPUNK professor may face jail time for translating Derrida

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Reverend

Martin Santos just brought this to my attention. To quote boingboing: Horacio Potel, an Argentine philosophy professor at Universidad Nacional de Lanús,, faces criminal charges — and possible jail time — for posting unofficial translations of seminal Jacques Derrida texts … Continue reading →

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