This week @karenatsharon wrote a post about learning to use Mozilla tools. Shes been frustrated with the lack of good instruction, and shes taking matters into her own hands, joining an SMOOC (a small meaningful open online community, play on the term MOOC=massively open online course). This particular SMOOC, Women Learning Tech, brings together women … Continue reading »
Theres a growing interest out in the world in making cool things, particularly with technology. Commonly called the maker movement, this trend has its roots in tinkering with technology and computing in ways that move the creation of things out of the hands of manufacturers and into the hands of real people. There is a … Continue reading »
Liberation Math, the course, starts next week. Were going to be doing a wide variety of readings and critical reflection about mathematics education, and we would love to engage and interact with you (yes, you). You can see my outline for the class here everything is in flux and the participants will have a big influence … Continue reading »
Ive been reading Elizabeth Ellsworths article Why doesnt this feel empowering? Working through the repressive myths of critical pedagogy. This paper is about Ellsworths experiences teaching a course called Media and Anti-Racist Pedagogies in 1988 at UW-Madison. Ellsworth says, about the role of dialogue in critical education, Through dialogue, a classroom can be made into … Continue reading »
When I was an undergraduate and a graduate student, I used to hate taking classes. Classes were generally mind-numbingly boring. When I was doing graduate coursework, I played a game of hangman during class in which I got to put in a new body part every time a certain number of minutes passed. It wasnt … Continue reading »
