Archive for May, 2006
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Carnival!
Ladies and Gentleman, citizens of the internet, I present to you, the 32nd edition of the History Carnival. Unlike past hosts, I am not currently a practicing historian, (although I am a published historian) but I am very much interested in academic technology. And so I approached this rather extensive [...]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Celebrity Death Match?
It isn’t that I actually want to see Cathy Young and Bitch, Ph.D. in a MTV animated boxing ring, but I would love to see them enter a forum, shake hands, sit down in their seats and talk about meaningful gender issues. Cathy Young’s post today about attempts to lower the standards for women in [...]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
Green School
I am moving ahead on my capstone project. I finished drafting the first two phases and have just begun work on the heart of the project - the instructional design. I am working off partial content, and will be using a bit of backwards design - as I have a quiz that is used at [...]
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
Carnival is coming …
In just a few more days. My inbox is filling up with fantastic nominations. Make sure you get yours in soon. You can email me at amy [at] amystevensonline.com or use this handy dandy form.
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Sunday, May 28th, 2006
We’re over here, you are welcome to join us.
I read a post recently asking where all the women bloggers were. What a dumb question. We are everywhere, here are a few I stop by occasionally, or links to specific posts.
Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality
Early Modern Notes ยป Teaching
Bitch Ph.D.
The Academic Self Discussion Group: A belated welcome (and introduction) [...]
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
moving on up
goodbye this house:
hello this house:
Life is good - I got the job I wanted, we got a better house than we imagined possible, things are moving fast. I won’t be updating this site again for a while, but be posting about academic type stuff at www.amystevensonline.com/blog - I’ll ask my prettyposies host for [...]
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Growing a Green E-School
Capstones are the final project requirement for my Master’s program at Marlboro College Graduate Center. My sponsor is The University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Department of Continuing Education and Outreach, specifically their Green School. The Green School is offered once every two years. It is a 60-hour program taught at a hotel easily assessable to [...]
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
A few more days …
to get your nominations to me for the History Carnival! I’m loving the nominations but am sure I am missing some, so please if you have read something you like, let me know!
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Streamlining
I’ve sorted through my stash, keeping only the most precious items, reducing the collection to a medium sized blue tub. I’ve traded my spinning wheel for a massage, shortly before binding off my one attempt at knitting up my homespun — a large and rather hideous pi shawl. Spinning can not [...]
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
A life with books.
My husband and I recently purged our home of over 500 books. We hauled them from boxes in the basement to our living room floor, and then turned our eyes to the busting bookshelves that lined the house. My dear, amazing husband, went through them individually, sorting, selecting and labeling them. I liked to think [...]
