Monthly Archives: March 2012

Upgrading to the iPad (3?)

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Skip Walter

Technology envy is a dangerous thing. My iPad 3 (sorry Apple, I have to distinguish it somehow from the previous two iPads that I have) arrived this morning. It seems I am not the only one that is having a … Continue reading →

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Goodnight Moon – and Beyond

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Skip Walter

While our three children were very young, at some point in the evening the echoes of my wife or me reading Goodnight Moon would be filling the house. I will never know whether reading the book was more for the kids … Continue reading →

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Teaching “Hybrid” Courses

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Skip Walter

I love synchronicity. As part of David Socha’s research agenda is the rethinking of how one transforms a class from professor centered to student learning centered. As part of the ever flowing collaboration between David, Alan Wood and me, we … Continue reading →

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Day 5 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Skip Walter

Before I can get to arranging the images this morning, I have a lot of re-immersion homework. I print out the previous four days of images along with Christine’s additions. I also print out the stories so that I can … Continue reading →

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Day 4 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Skip Walter

I start the creating my future exercise today bound and determined that I can create a spiral of images. I arrange and re-arrange the images until I am sure I have finally done it. I stand up with my iPhone … Continue reading →

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Day 3 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Skip Walter

There is a new energy brewing this morning. Sleep time recollections were powerful. Creating a company or creating a product is the conundrum. What should I be working on? Should I be changing the core question? Trust the process, Skip. … Continue reading →

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Day 2 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Skip Walter

I am eager to get up and work with the images once again. The core to the four day process is to use the same set of images but come up with a different arrangement for the collage and a … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Skip Walter

As Alan Wood, David Socha, and I were sharing another wonderful breakfast at Sunflour Bakery and Cafe, continuing our discussion on how to improve higher learning in higher education, Alan shared his desire to have a tool like Devonthink to … Continue reading →

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The Paradigm of Awesome and Silage

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Skip Walter

Michael Josefowicz (@toughLoveforx) had a great pointer to a series of videos on The Paradigm of AWESOME! from Trustus Pharmaceuticals. Cathy Davidson came across Michael as part of researching her book Now You See It. Cathy described Michael in her book: … Continue reading →

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In Honor of the Recent 2012 CSCW in Seattle

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Skip Walter

The 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) just concluded in Seattle. The conference draws a wide range of academic and industry luminaries. CSCW describes themselves as: “CSCW is a premier venue for presenting research in the design … Continue reading →

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