Author: Kyle
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On Display: The power of tool-rich cultures
In his book Changing Minds: Computers, Learning and Literacy, educational researcher Andrea diSessa extolls the learning potential of “tool-rich cultures.” Don’t let the technological connotations of “tool” overwhelm your imagination. “Tool” is a pretty broad category. As an Episcopalian, I count on The Book of Common Prayer as one of my most powerful and versatile tools. At the…
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Why religious educators must be media literacy educators
Note: This piece first appeared in the Winter 2018 Special Issue of Episcopal Teacher and is published here by permission. Amazon links include my affiliate code. A few weeks before writing this article I saw a tweet from British comedian, actress, and writer Bethany Black. It’s the kind of sentiment bound to get a graduate student in…
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Glory and mercy at the heart of Mark’s Gospel
A Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:22-30; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 ** “O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy …” That’s how our Collect of the Day for this second Sunday of Lent begins. It’s probably characteristic of our … indirect church communication style that such a profound…
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#CertStudy, Day 13: Learning media crib sheet!
This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…
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#CertStudy, Day 12: Why digital storytelling? (Hess)
This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…
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#CertStudy, Day 11: Why digital storytelling? (Scharer & Hilberath)
This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…
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My notes from Jennifer Harvey keynotes at #forma18
I took careful real-time notes via Twitter during the keynotes by Dear White Christians* author Jennifer Harvey at the 2018 Forma Conference in Charleston, SC. I also screwed up the threading, so it’s not easy to read them all in a row on Twitter. So I’m embedding them below. Hope they’re helpful. *Full disclosure: Affiliate link. This…
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#CertStudy, Day 10: Why digital storytelling? (Putnam, Drescher, Campbell)
This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…
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#CertStudy, Day 9: Language, dialogue, & digital storytelling (Bakhtin, Pleasants)
This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…
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#CertStudy, Day 8: Identity in “Sociocultural Perspectives Meet Critical Theories”
This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…