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TEDx, VEDA, and Other Acronyms

It’s been a little while since I wrote a Sunday post. I started these posts to keep myself sane in grad school, to make sure that I went out and did something interesting in my community every week rather than locking myself in my office with my thesis, but somehow lately I’ve been too busy getting out in my community to stay inside and write. There’s been work, and TEDx, and Headshots from the Heart, and lots of writing. Just not here, which is a shame. I really enjoy these lazy Sunday posts where I don’t make a case or an argument, just sort of relax in text.

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April 7, 2013

Social Media

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Get LinkedIn

If you’re a teacher, it can be hard to see the use of LinkedIn. It’s one more social network, which means one more set of emails connecting you with people that you barely talk with. Worse, it’s for professionals, so it won’t even have all the cute cats and strange pictures you get to see on Facebook. On the up side, you also won’t have to watch people break up. And besides, you already have a job. Even if you don’t, teaching jobs aren’t the kind of thing you’re going to find on LinkedIn this side of ever. Nonetheless, by the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll see the value of LinkedIn to teachers and academics.

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April 4, 2013

Headspace

The Magnificence of Honesty

Headspace

I’m live writing ths today, on account of not being able to write anything I’m really happy withh yet. I want to explore all these platforms and best practices, but some days you’re just not up to it, and it’s time to go back to first principles. It’s the philosopher in me. But I’m not sorry. (more…)

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March 28, 2013

Social Media

Social Media for Students

Last week it was the value of social media for teachers, but this week, students. There’s lots of reasons to be on social media as a student. For one thing, pretty much all your friends are on it. There’s a social cost to not being on Facebook, because it makes you harder to invite to stuff. But that’s just Facebook. What about Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, blogging, and all the other intriguing social networks floating around this series of tubes? that’s where things get fun. So today, here’s why social media is valuable to students.

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March 21, 2013

University College, Dublin

Social Media

The Merits of Social Media for Academia

Finally. The philosopher in me always wants to work up from first principles, so I felt like I had a lot of work to do before I could write this. I’ve written a bit about some ways to think about social media and online spaces, what engagement means to me, and what I look for in improving communication. Now, and only now (Thanks Kant, you big jerk), do I feel comfortable talking a bit about the value that social media has to higher education for teaching, research, outreach, and mentorship. This is just an overview, there’s a lot to say on the subject, and I hope to do more than scratch the surface, and share what I do every day, when I’m not creating pages, sitting in meetings, and taking care of assorted administrivia.

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March 14, 2013