The Cheatability Factor

The Cheatability Factor at TTIX08 was one of my favorite sessions of the entire conference. The first part of this Session was a video that covered what cheating is and why students cheat. The first part also covered ways to cheat and how to cheat. These were covered in the video through comedic shorts similar [...]


Acceptable academic use of social media

Last week John Krutsch asked me “do you think there is ever an ok way for teachers to use social media in classes or for course work without being creepy?”. My answer was yes if they are used in the right way, and that is what I would like to elaborate on. The thing I [...]


Students should build their own tree house.

A big issue in the Ed Tech world is the idea of the proverbial Creepy Tree House. A Creepy Tree House is what a professor can create by requiring his students to interact with him on a medium other than the class room tools. Examples of this would be requiring students to follow him/her on [...]