Signifying Nothing Podcast 4-2-12
https://signifyingnothing.net/uncategorized/signifying-nothing-podcast-4-2-12/
Collapse-Failure (Don Fury Session)
Rain On The Parade-Do Or Die (Full Speed Ahead)
Bikini Kill-I Hate Danger (The Singles)
Direct Control-Hardcore For Heroin (Self Titled)
Green Beret-Neutralize Me (Demo)
The Unseen-I Don’t Care (Protect & Serve)
Spazz-Rat Pack (Split With Black Army Jacket)
Paintbox-Can’t Bear Anymore (Singing Shouting Crying)
Saccharine Trust-The Worm’s Quest (Worldbroken)
Talk Is Poison-Talk Is Poison (Condensed Humanity)
The Comes-Panic (No Side)
Christian Club-Christian Club Will Die (Self Titled)
Knife Fight-Who Are You? (Out Of Print 2002-2004)
No Rock Stars-I Hate School (No Core)
False Liberty-Unity (Silence Is Consent)
Fratricide-Going Under (Pusmort Sampler)
Dead Nation-Jerk Off (First Four Days Demo)
Wretched-Se Ne Fregano (Split With Indegesti)
False Justice-Hold Your Head High (Demo)
Dinosaur JR-Raisans (You’re Living All Over Me)
Black Flag-Rat’s Eyes (Slip It In)
Anthrax-Violence Is Violence (Capitalism Is Cannibalism)
1.6 Band-Plastic Bags (Discography)
The Ruts-Babylon’s Burning (Peel Session)
Vanishing Leper-The Vanquished (Self Titled)
Tri-State Best Practies: Teaching With Technology
While at the Tri-State Best Practices conference last month, the most interesting panel I attended was the one on teaching with technology. I had spoken earlier in the day about wikis, so I was interested in seeing what others would do.
Rich Lauria spoke on wikifying your classroom
- More than a blog, less than a CMS
- Can do things Blackboard cannot
- Wikis organize your work
- A lot of attendees interested in paperless syllabus because students lose them
- I am interested in getting them info immediately
- In other words, if it is Saturday and we don’t meet until Wednesday they need and deserve access even if they lost it.
- Rich uses PBWORKS too
- Some debate about whether wikis should be viewable by all or only logged in students
- Every semester I have a number of students who show my eng101 wiki to their friends to help them with their work
Maria Schrita from Hudson CCC up next on using Youtube in classroom
- Students can view Youtube at home or their convenience
- Using short youtube videos to intro debateable issues
Jessica Fargnoli from Bergen speaking on using audio/video captures in the classroom.
- This is something I would like to do more of in the future.
- 84% of internet users download or watch video
- Echo 360 is a popular software
- A lot of people in the room curious about why you would publish student work publicly versus privately
Tri-State Best Practices Keynote: Arms Wide Open: Educating The “Almost Ready” College Student
Dr. Laurie Behringer gave the keynote during lunch. A lot of what she said concurs with our findings on my own campus, but it was nice to hear from someone else as well.
- Students often come in “blind” to student placements
- Nationally, only 31% of developmental math students pass college level math
- Students often don’t have college ready skills…they don’t understand how to keep up with syllabus or check email…they often don’t know they have an advisor
- Students are often lost with one on one advisement
- Learning communities are very important
- Student comments: “I’m just here to get out of here” “I don’t have time to socialize”
Tri-State Best Practices: Professional Passions & Projects
I ended my day at a panel on bring personal passions to the classroom.
Mike Walsh from County College of Morris spoke about the paperless classroom.
- Paperless classroom
- Books used to be used until they were beat up
- Powerpoint, internet, etc have led to obsolescence of books
- Walsh can get five years out of books in his field
- Textbooks filter out unnecessary stuff
- College bookstores are no long subsidized by schools (profit and bottom-line)
- Book writing is not financially viable for authors
- Supplemental DVD/LMS/etc add to price for students
- Has semester on a flash drive
Harold Kahn from Bergen spoke next about bringing your “cause” into the classroom
- Kahn uses articles about dog rescues to teach reading comprehension
- A cause can lead to a correlation to service learning projects
Weekly Reader 3-26-12
With the release of the cinematic adaptation of The Hunger Games, and my student’s interest and high praise for the film, I thought I could highlight some of what I am reading about it lately.
- This review from Feministing has some flaws, but some great points.
- Alternet on why you should be interested in the first place.
- The AV Club reviews the film.
- What the Occupy Movement can learn from The Hunger Games.
Pushead Top 100 Mix Tape Part Four
https://signifyingnothing.net/uncategorized/pushead-top-100-mix-tape-part-four/
Meatmen-1 Down, 3 To Go
Gauze-Power
Skeptix-Death & Destruction
7 Seconds-Committed For Life
Varukers-Soldier Boy
Confuse-People Are Nuclear Poisoning
The Abused-Loud & Clear
Adrenalin OD-AOD vs Godzilla
BGK-Arms Race
Straight Ahead-Breakaway
Station ID
Abrasive Wheels-Voice Of Youth
Deep Wound-In My Room
Sore Throat-War System
Ignition-Rebuilding
Mass Appeal-More You Hate
Sons of Ishmael-Governors Of Death
Rattus-Vaara Tapa
Huvudtvatt-Manglad
Corrosion of Conformity-Poison Planet
Final Conflict-Constant Fear