For My Own Pleasure and Delight

‘Simply my own’

My Own Private Ishkabibble

My experiences with social media for scholarship research and networking were certainly positive. Social media allowed me to form dialogues with scholars and readers outside my own field of expertise and create a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge. Having a presence in social media essentially meant I had a public platform that made my work accessible to a wider range of scholars – some ...

Metadata Mine-ing (my Own Web Index)

The quantity and complexity of information on the Web is growing rapidly. While several simple interactive search tools exist to help locate items of interest on the Web, the increasing sophistication of uses and the sheer quantity of data together indicate a need for techniques to locate relevant application-speciic information. To this end, we describe a two-stage, customizable, information i...

In My Own Words: A Final Portfolio

Constructivism: What It Means for My Own Teaching

Although constructivism has many meanings and connotations in educational literature, I will examine this concept specifically from the perspective of my academic training (as a Developmental Psychologist) in this article. In addition to my academic background, I have reached a broader understanding of constructivism from my own teaching. Consequently, some of what I write represents extensions...