Friday Link Roundup

Cat — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:16:42 +0000

Well, technically it’s already Saturday, but I forgot my new resolution to post interesting links that I’ve happened upon during the week but didn’t have a chance to post. I didn’t originally choose a specific theme, but the world of academia seems to be a constant.

How to complete your PhD (or any large project): Hard and soft deadlines, and the Martini Method is an interesting blog entry written by Shane at Academic Productivity. The title is fairly self-explanatory and certainly relevant to me at the moment.
University social media policies makes an interesting point about how expectations for discussing topics online differ from those expectations in the F2F world. Specifically, Kevin Gamble of High Touch explores the issues confronting those of us who do not obscure our identity online when commenting, blogging, etc. and how we may be viewed as representatives of our university.
Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search contains tips from Tomorrow’s Professor’s Blog, a collaborative resource developed by MIT and Stanford.
Cal Newport’s category Tips: Paper Writing at Study Hacks. Some of these posts may become required reading for my students.

Hope everyone finds these edifying!

Social media and free speech in the classroom

Cat — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:29:50 +0000

While researching the use of Facebook in the classroom (I’m trying to find a way to create a version of my profile that allows me to be friends with my students while limiting the information that they can see and allowing them to limit the information that I can see. Not finding a way without creating an entirely new profile) I ran across an article about clear violations of free speech with regards to students using social media. Am I talking about posting status updates in the classroom? The use of disruptive technologies? Nope. I’m talking about a coach who required a student to provide said coach with her Facebook account information (including password), reading her private messages, and then penalizing her for the use of inappropriate language in her messages. Wow, I guess if you’re under eighteen freedom of speech isn’t allowed, even in the private sphere. Read about it at Citizen Media Law Project.

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Social media and free speech in the classroom