Category: Blog

What does annotating the news afford education, and why should designers and facilitators of learning engage the emerging trend of annotated news? I’ve been the reading the news a lot lately – no surprise there. And, given what’s happening in our world right now, you probably have been, too. If your experience has been anything like mine, perhaps…

Over the past few weeks I have had the pleasure of co-authoring a conversation about web annotation for the “disrupted” issue of the Journal of Media Practice. My co-author is none other than my dear friend and colleague Jeremy Dean, Director of Education at Hypothesis. Our conversation about the practices and politics of web annotation is intended…

This short piece is written primarily as an overdue note of thanks for the prescient observation made by a dear mentor nearly six years ago. No analysis or extended commentary from me, just a few choice quotes from some wise thinkers. Following Tuesday’s election, Nathan Jurgenson wrote a well-received post about “factiness.” Here’s his kicker: On the right, they have…

Below are slides and notes for my Ignite Talk presentation at the 2016 Digital Media and Learning Conference at the University of California Irvine. My talk is titled “What Maimonides, Banksy, and Alexandra Elbakyan Can Teach Us About Open Annotation.” A bit of context: Ignite Talks at DML are five minutes long and feature 20 slides…