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This is what was bequeathed us:
This earth the beloved left
And, leaving,
Left to us.
No other world
But this one:
Willows and the river
And the factory
With its black smokestacks.
No other shore, only this bank
On which the living gather.
No meaning but what we find here.
No purpose but what we make.
That, and the beloved’s clear instructions:
Turn me into song; sing me awake.
– Gregory Orr
A few randomly selected blog posts…
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, edited by Dr. Michael Spector just got published. We have one article in it on (no surprise there) TPACK! Koehler, M., & Mishra, P. (2015). TPACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge). In J. Spector (Ed.),...
How do we design a school for the future? This recent article seeks to capture (in the form of a case study) our recent experience in designing such a school. The design process was a collaborative process involving a partnership with a local school district and the...
Recently I had been invited to the Birmingham School District to speak to the administrators, teachers and broader community about their recent initiatives on 21st Century Learning. I had a wonderful visit - which I was reminded of by this article (On the Front Lines...
OpenAI just released Code Interpreter. It allows you to execute Python code within a live working environment. One of the things that it allows us to do is take data files and conduct data analysis and create graphs and charts. Not knowing what that meant I decided to...
One of the key aspects of the TPCK framework is the manner in which disciplinary knowledge interacts with pedagogy and technology. Till this date I did not have an adequate way of discussing how disciplinary knowledge and pedagogy interact, that is until I came across...
Just found out about Dimdim (bad name!) from Manas Chakrabarti's blog, At Any Rate. Dimdim is an opensource, free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download...
...to my new website. It has taken a while, but it is finally here. Of course, as in all things web, this is still a work in progress, but it is getting there. I will be phasing out my old site gradually. The most significant change has been a shift from static HTML...
My friend, Hartosh (I had written previously about his mathematical novel here ) and his wife Pam, recently had their second child, a baby boy. Since I had created an ambigram for the first guy (click here to see the ambigram for Nihal), I felt it was required of me...
Matt and I will be at New Orleans next week for the AACTE Annual Conference. The last time I went to New Orleans must have been in 2000 or 2001... so I am looking forward to going there. There are three specific things we will be involved with. Meeting of the AACTE's...
Punya- I never had the opportunity to officially meet Dr. Brophy but I was looking forward to taking a class with him next spring. I had heard so many wonderful things about him through Aroutis Foster and was really looking forward to learning from him. My condolences to his family, friends, students, and colleagues.
Punya – I never knew Jere but only heard wonderful things about him. I am so sorry for your loss. Melissa
I am so heartbroken right now. My heart goes out to Jere’s family. His grandson was involved in my dissertation and Jere was on my committee.
He played an integral role in my development as a graduate student. His work has inspired my interest in motivation. My very first publication on games and motivation to learn was as a result of course I had taken with him. I developed my manuscript for that publication in class and he pushed me to publish it. He edited the manuscript and spoke to me about what the reviewers would look for in the paper. His influence and his work continue to play a central role in my work.
He had a keen interest graduate students and their work. I would sit in his office to brainstorm ideas about motivation and he would help me to make the connections to my work. I will miss him so much because of all he has done to help shape my work and interests. He was a giant in Education and a world renown expert and researcher on Motivation. I met numerous people through him during my attendance to AERA conferences and he was always willing to introduce me to other giants in the field.
I remember my last meeting with him in July 2009 and we made plans to develop a paper on motivation from my dissertation. He wished me good luck with my new job and says that I will do well. Now all I have to do is work hard to be successful and not to fail him and my other great mentors at Michigan State University.
Thank you Aroutis. I know you speak for generations of scholars who have been mentored by Jere over the years.