FERA, Absence, and Spam

11.24.09 Posted in Personal, conferences, research by Shelley

It’s been a week or so since I’ve blogged, mostly because I’ve been super busy. Last week was the FERA conference, and my poster presentation went really well! It was quite different than what most of the other participants were doing, so we generated a lot of interest. If you want to take a look [...]


Visual CV

11.09.09 Posted in Personal by Shelley

I went through all the trouble of changing my blog theme to accommodate a portfolio, and then I discovered that a web app. I’ve been using for my CV has a portfolio section built in. Several months ago, I set up an account with Visual CV but haven’t revisited the site because I’ve been working. [...]


New Blog Theme

11.06.09 Posted in Personal, Social Media by Shelley

Yes…I will be spending this weekend updating my blog to a new theme. I wanted something cleaner and simpler. Plus, I wanted to be able to easily add a portfolio and cv. So, more to come in the next few days! S


Digital Literacy and the Digital Divide

11.05.09 Posted in education, literacy by Shelley

Working in technology, it is sometimes easy to forget that not all people have the same levels of technical proficiency nor equal access to technology. In fact, this week on the Instructional Technology Forum (out of UGA), this very topic has incited quite a heated debate. Some participants indicate that there is a global digital [...]


Transmedia Storytelling in ABC’s Castle

11.02.09 Posted in Media, Reading, twitter by Shelley

I love ABC’s detective drama, Castle. I’m not normally a big fan of detective shows, but Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic have perfect chemistry, and the dialogue is witty and entertaining. As a result, every Monday night I snuggle into bed to watch my new favorite TV show. So, when the franchise decided to actually [...]