by Jenae Cohn | Sep 11, 2012 | Personal, Uncategorized
In elementary school, I used to create binders for each class I took. I slipped hand-drawn covers into the plastic pockets at the front of each: “MATH!!” swirled in purple glitter or “HISTORY!!” emblazoned with heart stickers and rainbows. The...
by Jenae Cohn | Jun 21, 2012 | Digital Literacy, Personal, Uncategorized
“Wait, wait, what is it that you highlighted? Do I click here?” “Do I need to get the YouTube BEFORE I make the post?” “Hold on: what are you doing exactly? What button did you press?” These are questions I hadn’t thought...
by Jenae Cohn | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
How might tweaking, modding, and hacking practices alter the changing technopolitical climate? Questions like these are spurring some of the central discussion happening at the UC DavisĀ Gaming the GameĀ conference this week! Primarily focused on the theoretical...
by Jenae Cohn | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Imagine how THESE will change the future of reading and writing on the Web! This is just a quick post (Derrida awaits), but I thought this was worth sharing…
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The experience of reading seems inherently passive. Our eyes skim each line, following the same patterns, taking in information in the order in which an author has arranged it. Of course, the best readers are those who engage in conversations with their readings,...