Kristin Scott
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The death of blogging?
on Jan 27, 2009 in Uncategorized For a while now, I’ve been feeling rather guilty that I’m not regularly blogging. But the more I look around these days, the more diaphanous the blogosphere seems to get. Bloggers I know who used to blog every day, without fail, are now w...
Virtual Frustrations
on Jan 24, 2009 in Uncategorized I attempted to attend the SL Education Support Faire today, but find the virtual forum absolutely frustrating. In theory, getting educators together from all over the world is a great idea; in practice, at least for me, I find it rarely works well an...
Collaborations
on Jan 18, 2009 in Uncategorized I’ve been hard at work (when I’m not watching CNN and inauguration activities) trying to get my digital ethnographic assignments completed for my Cyberculture class. So far, the class wiki is coming along nicely, but I’ve gotten a l...
Digital Ethnography
on Jan 12, 2009 in Uncategorized I’ve been searching for some sample digital ethnography assignments, primarily for Second Life, that I can rework for my Cyberculture course, but I’m not finding much. Everyone I’ve talked to has pointed me to Michael Wesch’s...
Resurfacing!
on Jan 1, 2009 in Uncategorized I made it through last semester - 14 credit hours of teaching and my own doctoral classes! My teaching load will be lightening substantially this coming semester, so hopefully I can get back to some blogging. I’m currently working on a syllabus...
In deep . . .
on Oct 6, 2008 in Uncategorized I’m in deep this semester, teaching 14 credit hours and taking 7 for doctoral program, so I’ll likely not surface much until next year. Hopefully there’ll be some light (and relief) at the end of this semester. Had to do what I had...