Into the Rabbit Hole
I rarely indulge in the rich heady stuff these days. Too much work to do. Accidentally, you know how it goes, I followed a link from Fred Stutzman’s blog and found this gem, perfectly on the topic of my last post (just 3 miles deeper.) If I can summarize briefly, in my language, Positivists were […]
Orchestration: Building Bridges – Academia and Business
Integrated business models are when you do everything yourself. Orchestration is when you put all the people and pieces together and orchestrate the outcome of their work. We are pursuing orchestration. photo: D. Knisely** We are busy trying to orchestrate very diverse pieces of this project. We have a development team in Uzbekistan. A project […]
Assumptions, Theory and Research
A few posts ago, I made a list of assumptions for Red Rover. We are now trying to cross-compare those assumptions with published research. One of our assumptions is that a well-designed and embedded Facebook orientation will feel safe to a new student. It could feel safe for many reasons, our guesses would be: digital […]
The Amazing World of Remix or Why Our Software Will be Open Source
This kid has a great vision of himself. Imagination, determination, clearly some nascent kick ass: VIDEO FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLE He’s got sooo much, it’s just that he’s missing a little . . . something . . . something that is critical for real success. So he does his damnedest and posts it on youtube. […]
Setting up and Launching Red Rover For Pilot Schools
Updated on 2/18/08 – For the latest, see the Red Rover Wiki Adoption page here**. ———————————– This blog is a quick ‘How To‘ for the first round pilot schools (there are 15 of you!) for setting up Red Rover. There are five main steps in the process: 1) Signing up yourself as the admin (meaning […]
(K)no(w) Context
Being a critic is easy. Breaking things is easy. Suggesting practical improvements to complex challenges is hard. Building things is hard. A good reminder from the Carpet Bagger Report**: * Public education in America is trying to do something unprecedented. We strive to educate every child — regardless of race, creed, socio-economic level, family background […]
Nice to Finally Get Some Respect for Motivating
Tom and I have been motivational now for years. And we’ve been dressing well too. (Not as well as Jonathan Sprinkles, but we try.) So it’s nice to see one of ours get some respectful national media coverage. Front Page!! ** Self-Help Lecture Attendees Surprised To Hear Speaker Was Once Just Like Them ** Link […]
Assuming: You and Me, and Hopefully Good (Opposed to . . . ) Software
When reading a review of the new iMovie ’08 on macworld.com, I was struck by how much hope, belief, educated guessing, and philosophy hardens into assumptions to inform software design. In the review, Macworld says that many of the iDVD integration features have been dropped from iMovie, because Apple believes that the web is the […]
Platforms on Platforms: FB and Education Tools
Facebook dropped their “Courses” function. (To make sure new users knew they weren’t just a college focused site and to give developers a crack at what Facebook now considers a niche.) Developers rush in: Our assumption/prediction is that the Facebook application platform will eventually have a suite of apps for college students. There will be […]
New Red Rover Graphics
Many things are better said with the help of pictures. Here’s a new one from the final Red Rover UI work. It’s definitely a draft and will get replaced fairly soon, but still serves as a quicker “get” than a bunch of text.