You’ve always had to make choices about what content to deploy in your course, even in the pre-digital world. Though the formats changed, you still made the same types of decisions. […]
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Make Yourself Scarce
As a kid, your mom may have told you this when you were getting in her way. It was her way of saying, “please go away.” Make yourself scarce. I […]
Mission Is Critical: Solving Big Problems
I’m drawn to solving big problems. Devising real solutions to so-gigantic-that-they-are-obvious problems. Here’s my next one. I’m sick of the fact that talent gets lost—that there are writers, musicians, and artists […]
Build Your Authority to Build Your Audience (Podcast)
Artists of all types: Who’s going to pay you for your work? Digital changes the commerce equation. You have to prove yourself first, but now you have the outlets to […]
Defensive Indifference
In baseball, “defensive indifference” is ruled when the defensive team is indifferent to the actions of the offensive team. Go ahead and steal second. You won’t get credit in the […]
Content Strategy: Who Is Your Audience?
Creating a connection in your classroom is essential to the learning process. You do this every day—as a Real Teacher, it comes naturally to you. But that comfort is challenged […]
“In Between” Days
It’s been an invigorating few months “in between” jobs. I’ve been exploring, connecting, building my network, and searching for the next big issue to put my energy into. I can’t […]
Audience Creates More Audience
What would you rather have—a light connection with wide audience, or a deep connection with a smaller group? Digital is biased towards the former. The power of the Web lies in […]
Tracked Change is here now!
If you are one of my regular readers of Tracked Change from Tumblr, WELCOME! As I mentioned in last Friday’s post, I am in the process of trying to relocate […]
My Music Is Moonlighting
Hey, check it out—news from the Mobile Sound Lab. One of my songs is being used as the intro, or the “auditory icon,” for the new video series by EdTech Times. I chose a […]