Welcome to the E34 Honors Seminar Blog for Foothill College in Spring Qtr 2008. This site is intended for the exclusive use of currently enrolled E34 students and their invited guests only. For further information email Professor Scott Lankford directly.
April 20, 2008
Links to Honors Student Blogs for E34
Just click on "keep reading" to find the links.
So You Still Think Blogging Is for Boneheads?
Yes there are millions of vapid, empty-headed blogs out there. Maybe you've even written one yourself. But that doesn't mean the entire blogosphere is one vast desert of meaningless mental mush -- especially in countries where freedom of the press is restricted (including our own).
Don't believe me? Try checking out this week's report from Democracy Now on the latest political crisis in Egypt, based on an interview with Hassam El-Hamalaway, one of Egypt's leading political bloggers.
For a more global overview, check out Democracy Now's 2006 report on Citizen Journalism: A Look at How Blogging is Changing the Media Landscape from the Congo to Korea. Both reports were recorded live at Stanford University -- right in our own backyard.
Think it can't happen here? San Francisco-based blogger Josh Wolf now holds the record for the longest period of imprisonment ever endured by a U.S. journalist -- recently released after a record 225 days in jail.
Stanford Honors Research Symposium
Check out my insta-blog live-from-The-Farm report at the first annual Honors Research Symposium at Stanford -- an event I attended (along with more than a dozen other Foothill folks) last Friday, April 18th.
So now do you understand why I'm just a wee bit late grading your first week blog posts???
April 23, 2008
Best Honors ePortfolios for 2005 and 2007
Here's a quick list of some of the top Foothill Honors Student ePortfolios from previous quarters -- especially those which clearly demonstrate a specific academic focus, objective outside evaluations, and plenty of thoughtful self-reflection. Admittedly some are not that "pretty to look at." But hey, now that it's 2008, how about adding audio, video, flash animation, slide shows, and other new-school techno-tricks to make your own ePortfolio that much more appealing, revealing, and addictive?
Tommy Tong (Economics)
http://www.xanga.com/pingtonglo
Ka Ho Lee (Hong Kong Education System vs. U.S.)
http://www.xanga.com/leekaho34
Andry Jong (Mathematics)
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April 24, 2008
Highlights from E34 Student Blogs
Since I’m (usually)
the only one who reads every single blog post every single week, I copy a few of the most interesting quotes into a word document as a
way to keep the conversation rolling. Feel free to visit your peers’ blogs if you want to add your own
responses to their ideas! And hey, if you didn't "get quoted" this particular week, don't despair: your 15 seconds of fame will come soon!
May 04, 2008
You2 Can Learn How to Paste Videos Into Your Blog
Your fellow Honors Seminar student -- and volunteer Techno-Tutor -- Ian Wang was kind enough to create a blog post about how to add videos to your blog post, a skill I asked him to share with others. Wow, great job of cyber-teaching, Ian! Just follow the little blue link to Ian's blog and you can see what we're talking about or yourself and get started!
photo by Scott Lankford 2006
May 07, 2008
ePortfolio Conferences -- You're Invited
What's that you say, Bubbles? You really really do want to actually maybe somehow get yourself into Berkstanvard University? Then why not plan to present your research on ePortfolios (either as a group or individually) at one or more of the following conferences next year? Adding a conference presentation to your CV sure would help your Berkstanvard application stand out from the crowd, wouldn't it now?
- 2nd Annual Community College Honors Research Symposium at Stanford, scheduled for sometime in April 2009 (stay tuned)
- ePortfolio and Digital Identity 2008 in Maastrict, Germany 22-24 October 2008
- Key Competencies and ePortfolios Conference in London June 19-20 2008
- Sakai ePortfolio Development Conference in France July 1-3 2008 -- honestly, I'm going; can I meet you for a glass of wine there?
Still confused? Don't beleive me? Want to see what actual conference presentations on the topic of ePortfolios by real live community college faculty and students might look like?. Well then glance at the list of titles of student presentations at New York's recent LaGuardia Community College Conference on ePortfolios held in April 2008. You can even download a PDF with every single presentation from their website. Oh and here's another major conference on ePortfolios just concluded a few days ago in Montreal. Dang, we missed that one too...but you can still glance at the topics they covered as inspiration for your own!
May 18, 2008
Video: Scottish College Students on ePortfolios
If you can cut through the thick Scottish accents there's some great ideas and inspirations in this TeacherTube video.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9301070?nclick_check=1
image credit: scottish-rscs.org.uk
Local Music Legend Niel Young's ePortfolio
Legendary singer/songwriter Niel Young -- who still lives in La Honda less than 15 miles from Foothill -- recently announced his intention to publish his entire life work on the new Blu-Ray disk format (yet another "emerging technology" which could be adapted to the task of creating a digital identity). Blu-Ray's appeal? Vastly better sound quality than CDs or MP3s and enough data storage for almost any project! Here's today's article from the San Jose Mercury News. Meanwhile, Rock on, Neil. Long may you run. http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9179048?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com
May 20, 2008
Michiu Kaku on Second Life
Join Michiu Kaku, a world-renowned physicist and popular host of science-based shows on TV and radio, for a brief YouTube tour of the world of virtual reality -- conducted mainly by Kaku's Second Life avatar. Born in San Jose, Kaku went to Cubberly High School and Berkeley before earning his PhD in physics at Harvard. Special thanks to E34 student Andrew Quinterro for putting me wise to this video!
May 27, 2008
Digital Identity After Death?
Here's a new twist on the ever-morphing topic of creating a Digital Identity -- posthumously. I found this article on the front page of the Santa Fe newspaper while visiting New Mexico on Memorial Day.
U.S. govt photo
http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/resources/RNH_Commencement_Speech.pdf
June 03, 2008
Top Ten Tips for Teaching ePortfolios
Here are the eNotes for my June 3, 2008 staff development presentation at Foothill College on Teaching Eportfolios.
Download Top Ten Tips for Teaching ePortfolios
Download Top Ten Student Comments on the Value of ePortfolios
Web 2.0 graphic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Web_2.0_Map.svg
June 19, 2008
July 29, 2008
My First Ever "Digital Story" Debuts Worldwide!
Using the instructions so carefully provided by my amazingTechie-TA Ian, I'm finally learning the process of digital storytelling for myself this summer. Here's my first-ever effort, tentatively titled "Tahoe--I Never Saw Blue Like That Before." Adding voice-over will be my next learning curve.
Win2007 E1A Honors Student ePortfolios
Win2005 Honors Seminar Experimental Eportfolios
- Ronald Tan
- William Simiadi
- Ka Ho Lee
- Andry Jong
- Michelle Pui Man Ho
- Avinash Nayak
- Meera Parbakahr
- Michelle Grannum
- Anna Flink
- Katja Brodesson
User name: demo3864 - Robin Angell
- Benedicte Last
- Andrew Tan
- Cassie Dara-Abrams
- Tommie Ping Ton Lo
- Judy Chen
- Toni Murphy
- Daniel LaFrentz
I'm a person with many dimensions.
