Looking Under the Hood
As a sociologist with a specialization in the sociology of technology, I probably should have had a much greater handle on the myriad tools and techniques that power my object of study before I entered...
View ArticleMicroblogging the Drama
This semester, three Graduate Center colleagues are engaged in a pedagogical experiment with multiple Acting classes, using Twitter. (Skeptics, stay with me!) Hoping to prompt class discussion between...
View ArticleA Guide to FERPA Guides
The Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1973, or FERPA, was designed to give students the right to access their own educational records, lodge a request to have those records amended, and...
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All That is Digital Melts into Code
One of the longstanding debates within the world of Digital Humanities is the question of “coding.” I’m going to take a different approach—rather than insert myself into that particular debate, I want...
View ArticleSpeaking of ‘Speaking in Code’ (Part 1)
In early November I had the opportunity to participate in the Speaking in Code conference at the Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, a summit on the use of technology...
View ArticleSpeaking of ‘Speaking in Code’ (Part 2)
As noon approached, lunch beckoned and the discussion became atomic, situational, one-on-one. Folks began following each other on Twitter, gathering their thoughts, etc., and just then I heard fellow...
View ArticleThe Digital GC: Year-End Showcase
The Digital GC: Year-End Showcase Please join us on May 19th 2015 for a special event at the Graduate Center showcasing the innovative and diverse digital projects initiated during the 2014-2015...
View ArticleBeyond the Same Old Static Course Website
The possibilities for using the web for structuring a course extend well beyond the unidirectional model of the online syllabus or the semi-multidirectional model that includes student interactions in...
View ArticleTeaching Ancient Greek with iOS and Android
The Hoplite Challenge is an iOS and Android app being developed to drill students on Ancient Greek verb conjugation. It is based on the Hoplite Challenge Cup, an event held halfway through the...
View ArticleLearning to program, for everybody
Every time I teach a Python workshop, I inevitably end up telling the story of my first month of Python programming. I started learning Python when I arrived at the Graduate Center as a Masters student...
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