I went downtown today in search of wooden things to paint, and returned with three kitchen implements, a music box, and a typewriter. The music box didn’t play, so I dug out my screwdriver and pliers. After an hour and a half, it was playing again. The melody is a little haunting…

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Every so often, I refresh the EDUPUNK Wikipedia page to see what’s been changed, and this time something really caught my eye. The article’s first sentence is “Edupunk is an ideology referring to educators and education strategies with a do it yourself (DIY) spirit.”
Ideology? I didn’t remember it saying that before. And sure enough, according to the history, it used to say: “Edupunk is a term…” So yesterday, someone changed it from “term” to “ideology”. Hmmm.
If you follow the link to Wikipedia’s article on “ideology”, you’ll see that they have …

So I guess it’s my turn to weigh in on this EDUPUNK thing. No, it’s not about the label. It’s not about the technology. So what is it about? Why is it hitting home for so many people, and hitting a nerve for many others? The most fascinating thing about Friday’s article on EDUPUNK in the Chronicle of Higher Education is not the story itself, but the contention in the readers’ comments. (Incidentally, Mike Caulfield has–in one sentence, no less–come up with a terrific response to the dissenting faction: “The …

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