When my mother talks about her childhood in Korea, she often recounts stories that seem, while not exactly typical by US standards, at least not really out of the ordinary. Falling off her bicycle while learning to ride, and my overprotective grandfather then forbidding her from ever riding again. Visiting a family-owned candy factory in …
I’ve been joking recently with Andrea Zellner about klout, the self-professed “standard for influence” in social media. The algorithm to calculate your klout score takes into account retweets, comments, and clicks. Essentially, as Dan Perez points out in his thought-provoking post on the topic, the more you tweet, the higher your klout score will be and, in …
As Chance the Gardner from Being There was often fond of saying, “I like to watch.” And watch I have as NWP colleagues from around the country have taken to tweeting their experiences. Most are currently in some stage of beginning or ending their summer institutes, an event that gathers local teachers together to share …
A friend who is Asian-American and a moderate user of Facebook mentioned the other day that she didn’t participate in Doppelganger week. Why not? She pointed out that there are barely any mainstream Asian-American female celebrities, let alone one she resembles. What’s the big deal, you may be wondering. After all, this was simply a …