Among the many sessions I participated in at this year's CHNM THATCamp, one of the most interesting to me was on the future of "digital literacy," proposed by Jeff McClurken. The concept of digital literacy has continued to show up in University missions, QEPs, "outcomes," and general pedagogical discourse--I know I've routinely encountered it in …
THATCamp Brownies: The Recipe
This recipe is essentially from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything, though I experimented with the additions. It makes between 12 and 24 brownies, depending on how you cut them. Enjoy! 2 oz of baking chocolate, the darker the better. For the chili brownies, I used this Guajillo Mexican Chili Chocolate, and I added a …
How to Regularize Good Discussion Participation
So, I've been thinking about my courses for Fall 2011 (yes, I know, the summer's just started...), and given the energy residue from THATCamp CHNM, I wanted to get some ideas jotted down in a more accessible space than my moleskine. There was a lot of discussion about backchannels this weekend, and while I'm thinking …
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THATCamp Prime 2011: BootCamp Sessions
Just returned from this year's THATCamp at CHNM, and I have to say--wow. I'm exhausted but oddly energized, as are most other campers (if the twitter stream is to be believed!). For those who've never been to a THATCamp, you will find Alexandra Cartert's excellent post on her experience enlightening. I, too, arrived early for …
Hacking the Academy
Announcing Hacking the Academy, The Edited Volume: Table of Contents One year after our call for participation at THATCamp 2010, we are pleased to announce the table of contents of Hacking the Academy, The Edited Volume. The contributions listed below will appear both online at a new open access website being developed by MPublishing and …
Archives, Encoding, and Students, Oh My! | THATCamp CHNM 2011
May 19, 2011 by thowe Teacher-scholars unite! I’ve been testing some possible applications of Omeka archives and Zotero as collaborative tools organizing the development of literary research methodologies classes, and I’d like to take the wonderful opportunity of THATcamp to begin developing the structure and content of project I see as The Next Step. I’d …
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Visualization, Literary Study, and the Survey Class
via THATCamp CHNM 2009 » Blog Archive. For the past year or so, I’ve been interested in putting together a small team of like-minded folks to help bring to fruition a data visualization project that could benefit less-prepared college students, teachers in the humanities, and researchers alike. Often, underprepared or at-risk educational populations struggle to …
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Tonya Howe 