by Jenae Cohn | Sep 20, 2018 | Digital Literacy, Functional Literacy, Pedagogy
This morning, I saw sedans filled to the brim with pillows and blankets stalled on side streets. Mini-vans poured into campus parking lots. A few stray students toted their suitcases, lanyards already draped around their necks, with their nervous parents trotting...
by Jenae Cohn | Aug 27, 2018 | Digital Literacy, Pedagogy, Professionalization
For many years, I supported students in writing and editing their college application essays. I worked primarily with students transitioning immediately from high school to college, and when they would write about developing their “personal brand,” I often...
by Jenae Cohn | Aug 23, 2018 | Digital Literacy, Functional Literacy, Pedagogy, Professionalization, Web Culture Musings
I remember the first time that someone told me that my work could not “scale” and, as a result, was not going to advance any entrepreneurial interests I harbored. I had just graduated from college, and was working a lot of odd jobs: working for a tutor...
by Jenae Cohn | Aug 7, 2018 | Digital Literacy, Functional Literacy, information literacy, Pedagogy, Professionalization
It’s the start of August which, for schools on the semester system, means that instructors are starting to construct their fall syllabi, anticipating the start of yet another academic year. Here at Stanford, we’re on the quarter system, so we’ve got...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 25, 2018 | AmWriting, Digital Literacy, Personal, Professionalization, Web Culture Musings, Writing
Every day, I tend to fill at least some of my time with reading the latest in education news. I’m a big fan of newsletter subscriptions in particular, so everyday, my e-mail inbox tends to include some message with the latest headlines from Educause, Inside...
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...
