Happy New Year

TPACK Newsletter, #43 April 2020

Apr 14, 2020

Here is the latest pdf version of the TPACK Newsletter (#43, April 2020), as curated and shared by Judi Harris and her team. (Previous issues are archived here.) This issue includes titles, abstract and links to 76 articles, 2 chapters, and 10 dissertations...

The more things change…

Jan 25, 2009

I had posted earlier about a recent commercial that, though arguing at one level that technology can fundamentally change education, seemed to stick to the standard-lecture (albeit in different and cooler modes of transmission). Just how little the discourse around...

Stuck with Google (recursively)

Jan 19, 2010

The other day, for one reason or another, I did a Google search for the word "recursion." According to Wikipedia, recursion ... in mathematics and computer science, is a method of defining functions in which the function being defined is applied within its own...

Infinite Regress: New ambigram / visual pun

Nov 19, 2016

You have wakened not out of sleep, but into a prior dream, and that dream lies within another, and so on, to infinity... The path that you are to take is endless, and you will die before you have truly awakened — Jorge Luis Borges Borges’ quote of reality being a...

Art is a lie… that tells the truth

Aug 25, 2014

Picasso famously said, "Art is a lie that tells the truth." This design below is my attempt to represent this quote - at least the first part of the quote. Of course, as most things go, it is not clear whether Picasso ever actually said these specific words. But...

TPACK videos: A few new ones

Mar 25, 2009

I have come across some new TPACK related videos/podcasts (either on youtube or elsewhere) that I feel may be worth sharing. The first of them came as an email from Matt Townsley. He pointed me to these two videos by Janet Bowers of San Diego State University. In...

Happy Valentine’s Day: Old/New ambigram

Feb 14, 2017

I had made this design a while back, just hadn't posted it online. (Actually a hand-drawn version is on this website somewhere.) Have a great day, everyone!

Announcing the Numeroscriptor, great quote

Dec 1, 2009

What a wonderful quote... Already every bank of any importance probably uses calculating machines. It is not likely that the fatiguing and uncertain process of having arithmetical calculations of any sort performed in the brains of clerks will survive the improvements...

Day 2 Morning session, Mishra & Light

Aug 21, 2008

I just completed my presentation Education Technology and Teacher Education, the TPACK framework. I think it went well, though you have to talk to ask the audience what they "really" think. I had been allocated 60 minutes for my talk - but Radha and I discussed...

14 Comments

The Riddle Guy on May 10, 2011 at 11:11 am

Cool video Punya, I need to learn how to do that!

Subhash on April 25, 2011 at 10:54 am

awesome

Ryan on February 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm

Great post, that is fantastic. I love doing stuff like this with my family. It creates a great bond. In fact, for Christmas we learned how to draw portraits for our family Christmas card.

waterproof mp3 on January 10, 2011 at 11:31 pm

Nice video. I initially though that you were going to set up a domino chain reaction. By the way, was the “Happy 2011” on the table a real shadow effect?

Punya Mishra on January 11, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Thanks for kind words. And yes, it absolutely was! It was exactly the shadow you would find when the entire setup was lit from the back!
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Punya Mishra on January 10, 2011 at 9:37 pm

Thanks April, always nice to hear from you. ~ punya

April Niemela on January 10, 2011 at 8:12 pm

what a gentle reminder to share ourselves with others, to utilize even the tiniest gift we have, to see with new eyes! thank you for sharing 😉

Argawa Manushabom on January 9, 2011 at 8:21 pm

Very cool…very cool. Happy New Year, mate!

NatashaW on January 5, 2011 at 7:19 am

Amazing idea, made my New Year Happy! Most creative

Steve on January 1, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Loved it, Punya & co.!

In fact, I’m going to steal … ummm, adapt … the idea for one of my classes next year.

Happy New Year to you all.

Steve

Alicia T. on January 1, 2011 at 9:21 pm

Amazing work Mishra family! I was truly surprised by the outcome! Art (and creativity) outwits me at times in compelling ways! Happy New Year!!!

Qaiser Malik on December 31, 2010 at 2:47 pm

Punya,
You are simply outstanding and I feel so great to have worked under your dynamic and innovative guidance.
Wish you a very happy new year and hope to remain in touch.
Qaiser

Ara on December 30, 2010 at 7:10 pm

Punya

Great creativity using shadows.

Even silence can be a powerful language if used appropriately. Even shadows can throw light if used creatively.

Wish you the same

ara…

goodparent101 on December 29, 2010 at 10:46 pm

Artistic and Awesome! Family activities help create a strong family life. Keep it up!

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