Author Archives: jeffmason
Pulling Back the Curtain
I haven’t been able to participate, as I would like, in the ds106 Summer of Oblivion, but I have been following with rapt attention. I know everyone has moved on to the audio projects ( I’m listening now), but when … Continue reading
My Personal Cyberinfrastructure
So this ds106 thing has gotten a hold on me. I am inspired. In fact, I am like Dr. Emilio Lizardo in the animated GIF I did in preparation for this adventure. Though I am an outlaw member of the … Continue reading
Dr. Oblivion Missing
My contribution to the search for Dr. Oblivion.
PLN or PLN?
Personal Learning Network. So, is it the learning that’s personal or is it the network that’s personal? Why, yes! Does it matter?
Creating Learning Spaces
After viewing the stream of David Thornburg’s presentation at NECC 2009, Constructionism, Duct Tape, and Preparing Children for Their Future, one of the many ideas he presented filtered to the top of my consciousness. He alluded to previous work in … Continue reading
Should Students Be Required to Blog?
A short time after I began blogging, I decided to bring my students in on the action. I was thinking something along the line of the class scribe model that I had read about on Darren Karopatwa’s class blogs. I … Continue reading
Mars Phoenix Lander and Science Education Reform
I watched in suspense and awe, along with 1500+ other viewers, the Ustream feed as the Phoenix Lander touched down on Mars. Kudos to bencredible’s spacevidcast for the show. Like another, I had to think, 1500 viewers? But my reflection … Continue reading
