A Blurring of Reality

03.29.10 Posted in Social Media by Shelley

A few months back, I wrote an article about transmedia storytelling in ABC’s Castle. At the time, I considered the 26,000 or so Twitter followers an indication of the show’s success and an outward expression of fandom. Recently, though, I’ve been seeing more and more examples of fictional television characters presented as real humans in [...]

Digital Illiteracy

03.24.10 Posted in Media, Social Media, education, literacy by Shelley

It is really unlike me to write two posts in one day, but I’ve been thinking about an embarrassing moment for a colleague and how it is actually a lesson about digital literacy. So, at the risk of embarrassing him or her further, I am going to share the story. Today on the ITForum listserv, [...]

Come ON Florida!

03.24.10 Posted in education by Shelley

Policy is not my area, but the load of crap being pushed through the Florida Senate today is enough for me to become a lobbyist (or, worse, a politician). On the heels of the NAEP announcement that Florida has made some significant gains in reading, the Florida senate just passed a bill that does a [...]

Broken

03.20.10 Posted in Action Research by Shelley

When I was looking for an image to go with this post, I googled the word broken since that is the theme of the past couple of weeks for my project. Most of the images were of broken hearts or broken glass, but those images are not really appropriate metaphors for my experience; there has [...]

Happy Birthday Kindle (Part 1)

03.17.10 Posted in Personal, kindle by Shelley

My Kindle is 1 this month. All of you know how much I love it, so I thought I’d share what’s on my kindle so you can get to know me a little better. A couple of disclosures: 1) When I use my kindle, I am usually reading for pleasure (see this post or this [...]

The Gap

03.15.10 Posted in Action Research by Shelley

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