Danielle Roney Roach
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Learning to code
The widely-circulated “ What Most Schools Don’t Teach ” serves as a sort of PSA for tech literacy, featuring a bevy of tech rock stars extolling the virtues of learning to code. In the video, Dropbox’s Drew Houston makes a great point: “It’s really not un ... -
Card games, access, and the digital divide
I like the many ways that the ideas in this post flip the issue of the digital divide, especially in that the game featured is a "simple" card game. No controllers, no motion sensors, no blinking cursors--just a deck of cards and people and a fi ... -
I appreciate the advice you
I appreciate the advice you share from Bradley to “be clear about how provisional your ideas are”; it’s freeing, isn’t it? So many times we have these, as you say, “half-baked” things, and our own self-consciousness makes us wait to put it out there so ... -
Building a scholarly brand
Especially as scholars, we are often eager, even desperate, to see our ideas in circulation—despite that, I think you’re right in pointing out that too often we feel like we’re talking to ourselves. The “lack of audience” you mention haunts even the best ... -
Art and power
Sharing has come up again and again for me lately, and I’ll start by saying that I WANT to believe in the power of art. Having been repeatedly exposed to Amanda Palmer’s TED talk (“Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them.”) on F ... -
Connecting communities
One thing that excites me about this post is its embracing of the potential to make connections. As scholars, I think it's important to continue not only to innovate within our own interest areas and projects, but to actively endeavor to engage those ... -
Humor as homogenizer
I think the idea that humor possibly directs us toward conformity is an interesting one, not only in academic communities but just in communities in general. For example, I'm a Jon Stewart fan, and so I occasionally post some of his bits on Facebook ... -
Ode to listening
I agree wholeheartedly with the idea of “posing an authentic question” (and certainly MediaCommons is doing a brilliant job in that regard), but I think you make an even more important point when you advocate for “really listening to the answer.” In my f ... -
Finding "critical mass"
Kathleen's question about how we bring groups to new technologies (and vice versa) lies at the heart of so much of this. I've wondered myself how we figure that out, though. Is there a way to determine what the " critical mass of buy-in&quo ... -
The interface versus the author(s)
Even before reading, I was struck by this piece's byline, and how it highlights one challenge on the road to synergy and the like. Ken and Judd are obviously writing together, as its noted in the first line of the body. Yet the interface here, as in ...