Category Archives: Education

Small Pieces To-Go

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Andy Rush

Jim “The Reverend” Groom and I gave a presentation at the 2009 Association of Collegiate Computing Services (ACCS) of Virginia Conference on March 12. Despite the usual anxiety of it all coming together and sounding coherent, I think it turned … Continue reading →

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If you have kids, you should read this!

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Andy Rush

Image by Andrew Feinberg via Flickr How’s that title for an attention grabber? It basically translates to saying, unless you’re a bad parent, you should drop what you’re doing and pay attention. In blogs, newscasts, and almost everywhere else that … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Innovation and Creativity – More Ken Robinson

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Andy Rush

I just got done re-watching Sir Ken Robinson’s terrific TED Talk on creativity in education. Here is an update that expands upon creativity by talking about the power of innovation, and how we systematically suppress it in our classrooms. There … Continue reading →

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How’s that workflow thing going?

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Andy Rush

A project I just finished almost requires me to blog about a few of the workflow issues. Even if no one reads this it will go down in the archives as a “reference post”, so here goes. A faculty member … Continue reading →

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The Crisis of Significance

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Andy Rush

  One last time I’ll attempt to turn you on to the significance of what Michael Wesch from Kansas State University is trying to do. His talk at ELI 2008 in San Antonio is titled "Human Futures for Technology and … Continue reading →

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Global Climate Destabilization – A Conversation

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Andy Rush

    The Global Warming debate is, needless to say (but I’m saying it anyway to further this blog post), a contentious one. As Greg the Science Teacher Guy says, a more accurate term is Global Climate Destabilization. So whether … Continue reading →

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Surveys and Conversation Starters

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Andy Rush

Two more great videos from the Digital Ethnography crew at Kansas State University . . . A Vision of Students Today   Information R/evolution

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The Value of Waiting In Airports

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

Being a veteran flyer now, I have come to know that there is a wonderful game of hurry-up-and-wait played whilst waiting for a given flight. So we do things like load up our iPods with podcasts, music, etc. to while … Continue reading →

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