Comments for Verbal Cupcake http://verbalcupcake.net Jargon-free discussion of education, media and technology. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Imperfect Pitch: Men, Women, and the Art of Selling Ourselves by S13stanko http://verbalcupcake.net/2010/06/imperfect-pitch-men-women-and-the-art-of-selling-ourselves/#comment-85 S13stanko Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:59:00 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1070#comment-85 perhaps the problem is, all the men with deference are already taken, and have no need for a match.com profile :/ haha perhaps the problem is, all the men with deference are already taken, and have no need for a match.com profile :/ haha

]]> Comment on My Takeaways from the 2012 Digital Learning and Media Conference by Sarah Fidelibus http://verbalcupcake.net/2012/03/my-takeaways-from-the-2012-digital-learning-and-media-conference/#comment-84 Sarah Fidelibus Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1384#comment-84 Hi, Jon- Thanks for reading and commenting! I am definitely planning to attend DML2013, and am even hoping to pitch a panel! The Q & A sounds interesting--can you tell me more about it? Is there a specific topic/focus to the discussion? And what format will it take? Thanks for looking in! Hi, Jon-

Thanks for reading and commenting! I am definitely planning to attend DML2013, and am even hoping to pitch a panel!

The Q & A sounds interesting–can you tell me more about it? Is there a specific topic/focus to the discussion? And what format will it take?

Thanks for looking in!

]]> Comment on My Takeaways from the 2012 Digital Learning and Media Conference by Jon Barilone http://verbalcupcake.net/2012/03/my-takeaways-from-the-2012-digital-learning-and-media-conference/#comment-83 Jon Barilone Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:02:00 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1384#comment-83 First, thanks so much for attending DML2012! Also, thank you for sharing your reflections here. Glad to hear you found it so valuable and hopefully you'll join us in Chicago for DML2013. Because you mentioned your interest in libraries above, I'm wondering if you'd like to be a part of a Q&A session with Buffy Hamilton (http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com) on March 29 at 10am PST? First, thanks so much for attending DML2012! Also, thank you for sharing your reflections here. Glad to hear you found it so valuable and hopefully you’ll join us in Chicago for DML2013.

Because you mentioned your interest in libraries above, I’m wondering if you’d like to be a part of a Q&A session with Buffy Hamilton (http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com) on March 29 at 10am PST?

]]> Comment on Memo to Idaho: Don’t expect teachers to embrace technology if you haven’t helped them learn to use it well. by An interesting post (and blog) | Theoretical Backgrounds for College Reading http://verbalcupcake.net/2012/01/idaho-online-education-high-school/#comment-81 An interesting post (and blog) | Theoretical Backgrounds for College Reading Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:10:02 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1365#comment-81 [...] Digital Learning and Media conference.  Other pages on her blog are worth exploring, too — this one, for example.  Those of you interested in issues surrounding technology might get something from [...] [...] Digital Learning and Media conference.  Other pages on her blog are worth exploring, too — this one, for example.  Those of you interested in issues surrounding technology might get something from [...]

]]> Comment on My Takeaways from the 2012 Digital Learning and Media Conference by An interesting post (and blog) | Theoretical Backgrounds for College Reading http://verbalcupcake.net/2012/03/my-takeaways-from-the-2012-digital-learning-and-media-conference/#comment-80 An interesting post (and blog) | Theoretical Backgrounds for College Reading Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:02:27 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1384#comment-80 [...] giving you a link to the Verbal Cupcake blog — the blogger is one of our own, Sarah Fidelibus,  who was a lecturer and who now has [...] [...] giving you a link to the Verbal Cupcake blog — the blogger is one of our own, Sarah Fidelibus,  who was a lecturer and who now has [...]

]]> Comment on MTV’s Baby Mama Drama: 16 and Pregnant’s Second Season Is Thus Far a Labor of Loathe by Stigermiddleschool http://verbalcupcake.net/2010/02/baby-mama-drama-mtv-teen-mom/#comment-75 Stigermiddleschool Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:56:00 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=634#comment-75 you go girl you go girl

]]> Comment on Is “everything we know about education” actually “wrong”? by Sarah Fidelibus http://verbalcupcake.net/2011/12/is-everything-we-know-about-education-actually-wrong/#comment-73 Sarah Fidelibus Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:27:00 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1358#comment-73 Thanks for commenting, JJ! I had the same reaction--people who work outside of education have a limited understanding of what has been going on in terms of ed reform for quite some time. Glad you enjoyed my post and added your thoughts! Thanks for commenting, JJ! I had the same reaction–people who work outside of education have a limited understanding of what has been going on in terms of ed reform for quite some time. Glad you enjoyed my post and added your thoughts!

]]> Comment on Is “everything we know about education” actually “wrong”? by JJ http://verbalcupcake.net/2011/12/is-everything-we-know-about-education-actually-wrong/#comment-72 JJ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:33:00 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1358#comment-72 Thank you for this post! I just love how SOME people are consistently given loads of money and "genius grants" to replicate research that has already been done before ad nauseum. Really? A school's "culture" is what makes it work? Not money or the fact that it's small or a charter? It really has to do with the (wait for it...) PEOPLE in the building and their vision, sense of purpose, moral leadership, values, beliefs, norms, and ideologies?? WHAT????? Just ask scholars like T. Sergiovanni, T.Sizer, S. Sarason...or any anthropologist of education (R. McDermott, M. Pollock, or pioneer G. Spindler) for that matter. I think what really sucks is how many of these people are making money off of the business of education, publishing drivel. Thank you for this post! I just love how SOME people are consistently given loads of money and “genius grants” to replicate research that has already been done before ad nauseum. Really? A school’s “culture” is what makes it work? Not money or the fact that it’s small or a charter? It really has to do with the (wait for it…) PEOPLE in the building and their vision, sense of purpose, moral leadership, values, beliefs, norms, and ideologies?? WHAT????? Just ask scholars like T. Sergiovanni, T.Sizer, S. Sarason…or any anthropologist of education (R. McDermott, M. Pollock, or pioneer G. Spindler) for that matter. I think what really sucks is how many of these people are making money off of the business of education, publishing drivel.

]]> Comment on ‘This Twitter thing does help!’: Twitter in the English Composition Classroom by Nice piece from CNN about how teachers can use Twitter during class to increase participation, es | Verbal Cupcake http://verbalcupcake.net/2011/06/this-twitter-thing-does-help-twitter-in-the-english-composition-classroom/#comment-71 Nice piece from CNN about how teachers can use Twitter during class to increase participation, es | Verbal Cupcake Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:12:51 +0000 http://schooledindigital.tumblr.com/post/6079640095#comment-71 [...] Skip to content HomeAbout Verbal CupcakeResources for TeachersSF Bay Area Links ← ‘This Twitter thing does help!’: Twitter in the English Composition Classroom The National Writing Project’s New Book: Because Digital Writing Matters [...] [...] Skip to content HomeAbout Verbal CupcakeResources for TeachersSF Bay Area Links ← ‘This Twitter thing does help!’: Twitter in the English Composition Classroom The National Writing Project’s New Book: Because Digital Writing Matters [...]

]]> Comment on ‘Free of other people’s inventions’–A case for diversity–not ‘objectivity’ in the newsroom by Instead of objectivity, transparency in journalism | Curious on the Road http://verbalcupcake.net/2010/12/free-of-other-peoples-inventions-a-case-for-diversity-not-objectivity-in-the-newsroom/#comment-70 Instead of objectivity, transparency in journalism | Curious on the Road Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:29:59 +0000 http://verbalcupcake.net/?p=1185#comment-70 [...] objectivity is in the eye of the beholder, as this anecdote from journalism professor and social media whiz Sarah Fidelibus shows. Every semester, my students [...] [...] objectivity is in the eye of the beholder, as this anecdote from journalism professor and social media whiz Sarah Fidelibus shows. Every semester, my students [...]

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