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Technology in Times of Tragedy: #BostonMarathon
By Jess Faulk As a Student Affairs professional in Boston, I lived through one of the most emotionally and physically exhausting weeks I could imagine. The bookends of the week were Monday’s Boston Marathon explosions, and then Friday’s city-wide “shelter in place” (aka lockdown) and killing and capture of the suspects. This is never something [...]
Linkage Love: Red Equal Sign Edition
By Anitra Cottledge I’ve written here before about social media and its role as a tool for conversation and relationship-building, as well as a site of activism and engagement with political and social justice issues. (It’s also a place to find awesome cat photos and smoothie recipes, but I digress.) If you are on any [...]
Best Practices/Making Life Easier: Social Media Edition
By Anitra Cottledge Before I jump with both feet into this topic, a couple of short items to provide a bit of backstory. I only joined Facebook however-many-years ago because it seemed that Facebook was where students were getting their information, and thus it made sense for me to be there so that I could [...]
Is Social Media “Technology”?
by Kristen Abell Perhaps you’ve seen the question on the interwebs about whether social media is truly technology. It doesn’t seem to require much in the way of technical knowledge to operate, after all. And truly, isn’t it just one more way of communicating with others? Shouldn’t it fall under “communication” rather than “technology”? Here’s [...]
Big Ideas from Two Awesome Conferences
by Valerie Heruska October and November brought a ton of learning opportunities my way as far as integrating technology into my daily use, as well as learning about the future of Student Affairs. I attended two conferences: #NASPATech and NASPA Region 1, and gained a lot of take-aways, not only for my institution, but for [...]
