by Jenae Cohn | Jun 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
What happens when you get a group of people in a room together who all love to talk about and think about what it means for the book to be a form of technology? An immediate answer is simple: you get a generative collaborative of people who are eager to work together...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 5, 2017 | Digital Literacy, Functional Literacy, Web Culture Musings
As a child, I had a recurring bodysnatching nightmare. In the nightmare, I would be safely tucked into my bed, but I would then sense a glowing presence moving down the hallway that separated the front door to the house from my bedroom door. I would stay frozen under...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 22, 2014 | Personal, Professionalization
Whenever I am asked, “So, what’s your research about anyway?” my stomach dips. My mind goes blank for a moment; what is my research about? Do I even know? Sometimes, I feel like the project I’m working on is so big that I don’t know where...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 22, 2014 | Pedagogy, Personal
Our instructor faced the class, arms crossed over his chest, stern face piercing us all into extraordinary guilt. Most of us had bombed the latest French quiz – a pop quiz, mind you – and he adopted that distinct teacherly Not Pleased tone....
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 18, 2014 | Digital Literacy, Pedagogy, Personal
When I take notes on books I’m reading, I’ve got comments and sub-comments. The comments are of the most mundane variety: I flag down quotes, make note of important moments, and process through key concepts. The typical stuff. The sub-comments, however,...
