Welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #384. Your go-to source for insightful content on education, technology, and the digital landscape. I shared the following this week: In the era of rapidly advancing technology, computers have become an integral part of our daily lives, revolutionizing the way we work, communicate, and solve problems. However, there are certain…
Welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #367. I worked on a bunch of stuff in the background. More to come soon. Please subscribe if you want this newsletter to appear in your inbox. I’m also posting the newsletter to Substack for a bit. Reach out and say hello at hello@digitallyliterate.net. You Don’t Hate Books: The Simple…
Welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #358. I posted the following this week: The Challenges of Becoming a Manager vs. Maker in the Age of AI – This post shares some of my thinking about the balance between making and managing as we go to work with AI virtual assistants. Moving From Search to Answers With…
Hey all. Here’s Digitally Literate, issue #351. Last week I worked on the following: Taming the Digital Dragon – Last week I presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). In this session, I discuss the challenges I have with using the terms addiction and detox to describe…
Welcome back. Here’s Digitally Literate, issue #350. Please subscribe if you would like this newsletter to show up in your inbox. Reach out and say hello at hello@digitallyliterate.net. Watch on YouTube Flight of the Starlings: Watch This Eerie but Beautiful Phenomenon This short film by Jan van IJken was shot in the Netherlands, and it…
Hello all. Here’s Digitally Literate, issue #347. I helped post the following this week: Co-constructing meaning: Parents and children navigating digital literacies together – Together with Kristen Turner, Elizabeth Stevens, and Katie Paciga, we published this research in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL). The article documents a collaborative inquiry we conducted with…
Welcome back all! Here’s Digitally Literate, issue #344. Many of you reached out last week after I posed the question about religion. Jim Burke suggested that we all take a look at The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances Fitzgerald. It’s next on my list to read. I also received a request from…
Happy weekend all. Here’s Digitally Literate, issue #340. I’ve been working on some things in the lab. More to come soon. Please subscribe if you would like this newsletter to show up in your inbox. Reach out and say hello at hello@digitallyliterate.net. Watch on YouTube TOM CRUISE 2020 – RUN TOM RUN (Presidential Campaign Announcement)…
Welcome back, friends and family. Here’s Digitally Literate, issue #338. This week I helped publish the following: 3D Printed Iron Gates: Celebrating an African American Artist Through a Transdisciplinary Lesson – Together with several of my research colleagues and students, we explore 3D printing, transdisciplinary, and education. Please subscribe if you would like this newsletter…
Welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #337. I didn’t send out last week’s issue as I was away on a retreat in the middle of nowhere. No TVs, limited Internet, and campers. The good news is that I was able to listen to Project Hail Mary, the new novel by Andy Weir on the way out,…