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Teamwork, prototyping, and the Marshmallow Challenge
I was reflecting yesterday about issues around problem solving in teams when I recalled this TED video about the Marshmallow Challenge. Some of my immediate connections: This is a real life way to...
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Breakthrough
What sorts of things would you tell your 19 year old self if you could? BC does a retreat for students called Halftime that is intended to help them through the process of discernment about vocation–...
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Too good to be true? Scammers on Craigslist
We’ve been renting here in Boston since we moved here last year. We have wonderful landlords and an amazing space. Unfortunately, rent is going up soon. So, I decided to poke around on Craigslist to...
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UCEA Twitter list
I’ve created a Twitter list to help connect members of the University Council for Educational Administration. It’s probably not everyone, but it’s everyone I know about so far. If you’ve forgotten...
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Need resesearch pseudonyms? Here’s a giant list of unisex names
I’m cleaning up a manuscript and am entering pseudonyms for participants. Giving people new names can be fun, but it’s also a little tedious. Part of this is because you’re trying to protect someone’s...
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Test-driving Dedoose and other qualitative coding programs
Wishing we could set up a big room with projectors and a Wii/ Kinect for coding… Some people prefer to do qualitative coding by hand. Although I have yet to find the “most perfect” program for...
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Tip: Teach parents to “fast follow” your school Twitter feed
I’ve been researching school administrators’ experiences on Twitter, and recently presented a paper at UCEA about theoretical stuff (materiality and sociomateriality) around what technologies “really...
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Tip: Want to connect to parents? Prioritize Facebook over Twitter
I’ve been trying to share practical tips from my study about school administrators’ experiences in using Twitter. Previously, I posted about how “fast follows” are a low-impact way to better connect to...
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“Sext” messages that self-destruct & other Ed Admin troubles
I teach graduate students in educational administration, and lately I’ve been hearing more stories along the lines of “you wouldn’t believe what my kids did using social media today.” They aren’t...
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Taking Off the Gloves Regarding Academic Writing and Feedback
One of my friends and colleagues, Erin Atwood, who will soon be joining the faculty at Texas Tech University, recently shared via Facebook the tips below regarding proposal writing. Her insights were...
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“Shitty First Drafts” and Summer Writing
I’m one of those people that always feel like time is slipping by too quickly– for example, I’d really hoped to get a lot of writing done this summer. But the month of June was filled with twinges of...
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Keep a research journal: it is important
Keep a research journal: it is important. Here’s a draft of one of my papers soon to be printed in Teachers College Record. I’m really proud of how my methods section describes the way to keep a...
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Googling yourself? Don’t use just Google
This AIN’T me! “Who is that man living my life?” That’s a line from a Toby Keith song. It’s also me today. The above image is of “Vincent Cho” on Microsoft’s version of Google Scholar. But he’s not me;...
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Social media toolkit for school adminstrators
Social media toolkit for school adminstrators I just came across Chicago Public Schools’ toolkit and guide to social media for its school administrators. Hat Tip: Lisa Nielsen
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10 Dissertation Writing Tips + 2 Bonuses
flickr: ancasta1901 Here’s a piece by ed leadership professor Jeff Brooks at the University of Idaho on dissertation writing. It’s a very very sound advice. In fact, it’s worth printing out and...
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70 Useful Phrases in Academic Writing
I just came across this wonderful post of useful sentences and phrases to use when writing. It’s absolutely precious and worth taping up next to the keyboard. HT @AcademicsSay
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Should doc students use Dedoose?
Dedoose Cooccurence Matrix Almost 2 years ago, I compared some the qualitative coding software out there. That included Atlas.ti and Dedoose. Recently, I received an incredibly insightful and helpful...
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How to Write an Article in No Time
I absolutely love this video. It’s totally a keeper and one to refer back to once in a while.
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This American Life archive tag: Education
As a regular listener to This American Life, I often hear stories and wish that my graduate students would hear them to. And then, duh, it occurred to me that there’s probably a big list of the...
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My Tips on Procrastination
Flikr: arcticpenguin Procrastination is the siren’s call of academia. We know we need to get writing; our livelihoods depend upon it. But then we walk down the hall to look for snacks or coffee. This...
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