The You Show Videos
Probably the most rewarding thing Brian and I did on the You Show was our series of introductory videos. The ironic thing is that they are not even essential to the “content.” I’ve been thinking about that nearly all of […]
Favorite Stuff
It’s hard to choose the best, but the things from the fellowship I am most proud of
We’re In the First Issue of TRU Learning
The You Show is featured in TRU Learning, the newsletter of the Centre for Student Engagement and Learning Innovation. It’s available as a downloadable PDF An intrepid cohort of the TRU community is in the midst of… something. It is […]
A Two Dog Theme Demo
Most of the time it’s intentional, but I do not always plan to use a dog metaphor. It just happens. In setting up the trubox multisite as a place for You Show participants to start their blogs, I came up […]
A Charmed T-Shirt
On my 2013 visit to Hong Kong, my friend Nick and his wife Kelly took me on a trip to this place called Stanley. When we were going through the market, Kelly picked out a shirt for me; she said […]
A Long Running Project Revisiting Net Art
Almost a year ago I started a project that has no real purpose beyond my own curiosity and interest in web history (if I were to invent a new dream job it would be something like Web Archeologist). During a […]
Sky Rider Explored
This bit of metal sculpture sits atop a bicycle shelter on the TRU campus. I’ve noticed it numerous times since I arrived here three months ago. It has a stylish shape. On this clear vivid sky day, in mid afternoon, […]
Mashup Video: The MOOCing Machine
From Sydney Pressey to MOOCs to Teaching Machines. The video from Sydney Pressey’s Teaching “Machines” (1964) http://youtu.be/n7OfEXWuulg here is remixed with audio from Anant Agarwal’s “Why Massively Open Online Courses (Still) Matter (2014) http://youtu.be/rYwTA5RA9eU The video was inspired by Audrey […]
Listening to Brother West
I was certainly curious last week to attend the Cornel West talk that is part of the TRU Student’s Commons Voices series, not knowing quite what to expect. I have only a weak association of West with his music and […]
On Theme Shopping
“What’s the best theme for my WordPress site?” Is there a equivalent to the “Best Camera is the one in your hand” assertion? Probably not. In our work on The You Show open seminar and providing sites for TRU staff […]
Building a Portfolio By Not Trying to Build a Portfolio
Doth I blog in riddle? I doth do. Any assertion made here is a squishy subjective question. But I’ve been coming to grips with this in the first weeks of the You Show Open Seminar I am running with Brian […]
Dealing With the Blog Flow
I’ve been involved with, building sites for and participating in courses/etc that work like the You Show where we syndicate in the work of participants. It’s marvelous. And overwhelming. While we create the main blog flow and can subdivide, e.g. […]
A Portfolio Elevator Tweet
In lieu of an elevator pitch, and upcoming You Show Daily challenge is to generate a description of your portfolio or communication site in the number of characters you can fit into a tweet. That is 140 characters (or less […]