Laissez-faire About Privacy
After visiting 30 schools and talking to hundreds, if not thousands, of college students in the past two years, my conclusion is this: Students do not care about privacy in any fundamental sense. They just don’t. They figure the government just shouldn’t or wouldn’t mess with them. Corporations aren’t even on the radar. The only […]
Why Walled Gardens are Wrong for College Social Networking
In the Secrets Behind Myspace and Facebook lecture we do a quick introduction to digital identity: It was easy when your digital identity was primarily how you represented yourself in chat rooms, to pretend to be anyone you wanted to be. Your digital identity did not have to overlap with your real identity. Now, with […]
The Red Rover Community List
The following individuals are following the progress of Red Rover and involved in the community. Pilot schools are marked with a (1) or (2) based on the pilot round they are registered for: ** Dave Leenhouts Coastal Georgia Community College (1) Director of Student Life Facebook E-Mail Victor Collazo Valencia Community College (2) Student Programing […]
Towards A Red Rover Theoretical Foundation
As part of the MacArthur DML application. We are working on framing a historical context in which to place Red Rover. I talked before about the need for a “cogent theoretical framework” for the application itself, this work is getting us closer to it. Because MacArthur wants everything quick and to the point, our framework […]
MacArthur Foundation Submission
We are submitting a grant proposal to the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Competition. In the spirit of transparency and collaboration, we’ll be posting our entry process, final submission and references up on this blog. Grants are new to us as entrepreneurs, so it’s another exciting stretch for us. We’ve received valuable advice and […]
Keeping the Focus – Posting our Projects
By design, we move fast at Swift Kick. Our staff is small with 2 full-time employees (Kevin and Me), 1 part-time (Emma**), and a team of ad-hoc consultants (designer, programmer, accountant, etc.) Kevin and I are always impressed when we look back 6 months and see our progress. A major advantage we have is an […]
The Application of Dance Floor Theory™ (Green Bay!)
One of my last presentations on the latest tour was at Wisconsin Green Bay. It was three hours or so, DFT 1, 2, and some technology blended in from the Secrets Behind Myspace and Facebook**. A student came up afterwards and said that she had been discussing the day at their table and that they […]
It’s Too Easy to Focus on the Negatives of Myspace and Facebook
We break our Myspace/Facebook program** for students into 3 parts: 1) The Dangers 2) Protecting Yourself 3) How to Use the Tools Positively and Effectively In the actual talk, we spend only about 1/3rd of the time on the first two parts and 2/3rds on the last part. The reason is studies show that students […]
Why We Speak.
Kevin is on the tail end of a 3 week tour with 14 days of solid speaking. That’s impressive and the most amount of consecutive speaking we’ve ever done. Before he left I sent him an email as a reminder as to why our speaking matters beyond keeping Swift Kick alive: Today on Facebook, I […]
Talking Metaphors and Schema on the Front Porch
At LACUSPA over the last few days, I was really enjoying the conversational and educational power of good metaphors. I think it’s something we do well at Swift Kick. First, it was with Dance Floor Theory, comparing dance floor dynamics to engagement and apathy and service leadership. Now it is with technology. Our whole program and […]