The articles, podcast, and video that we had for this week were very interesting and nicely summarized many of the ongoing conversations in higher education regarding digital scholarship. Leila Walker’s article in particular, reminded me of many of the conversations that I have heard regarding the rapidly growing field of digital humanities. In fact, panels…
Read MoreDisclaimer: I am not sure if these examples count as digital projects, but they are what first led me to include more technology in my classes. When I taught high school, I used to have my students make videos to engage with the material that they were learning, and practice their oral proficiency in the…
Read MoreSlack, Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp: My main online networks In looking at who I interact with online and how I interact with them, I see that much depends on the platform that I am using. As I mentioned last week, I use Twitter mainly for staying abreast of information in my field and connecting with…
Read MoreThe articles for reflection this week happen to coincide with various ideas that were mentioned during panels that I attended at the MLA Conference (Modern Language Association) this past week in Chicago. At this conference, I attended Katina Rogers’ panel “Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity,” during which she stated…
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