Dodge-ball leads to edu-plunk.
Teacher with a donut and a cup of coffee = edu-dunk.
Teaching in a cave = edu-spelunk
Teacher got back = edu-badunk-a-dunk. (ba-donk?)
Not so bright teacher = edu-lunk
Teaching with a grease stain on your shirt = edu-gunk
Teaching underwater = edu-sunk
OK…my bad. Thanks for providing the nice satire of the overuse of the edu- prefix. Next thing you know they’ll be selling edu-water at edu-stands while you edu-blog from your edu-phone.
The teacher’s understanding is absent and attempt to convey is so inaccurate as to be clown-like. Students are provided with an inadequate education by their “professor“.
That’s so eduflunk.
“Hardcore” if it occurs under high-stakes testing situations.
Ok, no blackboards, whiteboards, writing utensils…I get the progressively ascetic mystique… but where are your *arms* in this picture? No arms??! I don’t know if I can get on board with that one, frankly.
Strange, I know, but I’ve thought about Peter’s comment here for several days. The good news is that I have a solution for you, Dan, unless the bad news is actually true.
The solution: Install Scoble’s auto Twitter follow script somewhere, follow everybody that follows you. You look like a nice guy and don’t have to pay attention to anybody’s tweets. You’re a smart coder, you can do it.
The bad news which may or may not be true: Your inability to follow others on Twitter is probably some strange experiment in egocentricity.
@dan: Fair point, but I imagine that you *do* subscribe to some of the people who read your blog. Or you at least subscribe to a few other blogs. (Unless your sidebar is a lie) you could think about doing something similar with Twitter, subscribing to a *few* of the quality tweeters.
I subscribe but I don’t follow. I’d rather read them in my reader than feel obliged to monitor incoming tweets second-by-second. Again: it’s just microblogging to me.
Those that actually read others’ work have learned that Twitter is far more than “What are you doing now?”, not just another form of microblogging, and more of social network utilized for interaction than some online form for spewing occasional thoughts.
Don’t let anybody tell you differently.
As a side-note, I’m beginning to believe that the bad news I offered before actually is true.
Don’t let anyone tell you that you must enjoy the Internet exactly as they do.
Darren, for whatever it’s worth, I realize the average Twit gets a lot more fun out of Twitter than I do, that I’m not taking part in all the social interaction. But I don’t want it. As a level-ten introvert, my social needs are filled and then some by my small crowd of flesh-and-blood friends.
So egotism? Your call. At a certain point in all this Twitter nonsense I had to shrug and just let the haters hate.
32 Comments
Peter
June 2, 2008 - 3:24 am -No pencil or paper. That’s so hardcore. I love it.
Chris Lehmann
June 2, 2008 - 3:27 am -This, I’m on-board with.
an inquiry
June 2, 2008 - 3:41 am -What would an edumonk do with Moodle?
Jeff Wasserman
June 2, 2008 - 4:26 am -I like this idea–though without pencil or paper, it’s going to be awfully hard for my students to illuminate their Odyssey essays.
Eric
June 2, 2008 - 4:34 am -OK, but if we have to chant, I’m out. I hate chanting!
Ben Chun
June 2, 2008 - 5:50 am -What’s next? Edu-hunk with Hasselhoff? Edu-funk with George Clinton? Edu-crunk with Lil Jon? Someone stop me!
Tom Hoffman
June 2, 2008 - 6:16 am -Nicely done. Also, +1 for edu-crunk.
Jeremy
June 2, 2008 - 7:54 am -HA haha…love this. Thanks for the Monday morning chuckle.
Chris Lehmann
June 2, 2008 - 10:13 am -Dodge-ball leads to edu-plunk.
Teacher with a donut and a cup of coffee = edu-dunk.
Teaching in a cave = edu-spelunk
Teacher got back = edu-badunk-a-dunk. (ba-donk?)
Not so bright teacher = edu-lunk
Teaching with a grease stain on your shirt = edu-gunk
Teaching underwater = edu-sunk
O.k. — I need to stop.
dan
June 2, 2008 - 11:37 am -Some of the commenters are going to a very dark place right now.
Vincent Baxter
June 2, 2008 - 1:49 pm -What a catch-22: edumonk is so clever…that it’s actually the ultimate self-aware poster FOR edupunk.
Peter
June 2, 2008 - 3:34 pm -follow others on Twitter:)
Ben
June 2, 2008 - 3:46 pm -Teacher forgets deodorant: edu-skunk
OK…my bad. Thanks for providing the nice satire of the overuse of the edu- prefix. Next thing you know they’ll be selling edu-water at edu-stands while you edu-blog from your edu-phone.
Edu! (Adieu!)
Ben
June 2, 2008 - 3:50 pm -When are you creating the Wikipedia article for edumonk?
Cheryl
June 2, 2008 - 3:59 pm -Socrates was the original Edumonk.
John Larkin
June 3, 2008 - 2:59 am -Teacher nodding off to sleep in class… edubunk.
Cheers,
John
eduflunk
June 3, 2008 - 5:44 am -Teacher doesn’t get it. Clueless.
The teacher’s understanding is absent and attempt to convey is so inaccurate as to be clown-like. Students are provided with an inadequate education by their “professor“.
That’s so eduflunk.
“Hardcore” if it occurs under high-stakes testing situations.
Jim
June 3, 2008 - 6:47 am -Glad to see you can self-style and self-aggrandize with the best of them, good for you!
Dina
June 3, 2008 - 4:59 pm -Ok, no blackboards, whiteboards, writing utensils…I get the progressively ascetic mystique… but where are your *arms* in this picture? No arms??! I don’t know if I can get on board with that one, frankly.
Andrew
June 4, 2008 - 6:26 pm -When a teacher can integrate George Clinton into a lesson: Edu-Funk!
Darren Draper
June 11, 2008 - 11:49 am -Strange, I know, but I’ve thought about Peter’s comment here for several days. The good news is that I have a solution for you, Dan, unless the bad news is actually true.
The solution: Install Scoble’s auto Twitter follow script somewhere, follow everybody that follows you. You look like a nice guy and don’t have to pay attention to anybody’s tweets. You’re a smart coder, you can do it.
The bad news which may or may not be true: Your inability to follow others on Twitter is probably some strange experiment in egocentricity.
dan
June 11, 2008 - 1:38 pm -Twitter is my microblogging platform of choice. Do you subscribe to everyone who subscribes to your blog? I mean, would you if you could?
Arthus Erea
June 11, 2008 - 2:16 pm -@dan: Fair point, but I imagine that you *do* subscribe to some of the people who read your blog. Or you at least subscribe to a few other blogs. (Unless your sidebar is a lie) you could think about doing something similar with Twitter, subscribing to a *few* of the quality tweeters.
dan
June 11, 2008 - 3:12 pm -I subscribe but I don’t follow. I’d rather read them in my reader than feel obliged to monitor incoming tweets second-by-second. Again: it’s just microblogging to me.
Arthus Erea
June 11, 2008 - 3:15 pm -@dan: If it’s just microblogging to you wouldn’t the same rules of blogging apply, only in miniature.
dan
June 11, 2008 - 4:50 pm -Right, this is why I subscribe to Twits using RSS.
Darren Draper
June 12, 2008 - 5:54 am -Arthus,
Those that actually read others’ work have learned that Twitter is far more than “What are you doing now?”, not just another form of microblogging, and more of social network utilized for interaction than some online form for spewing occasional thoughts.
Don’t let anybody tell you differently.
As a side-note, I’m beginning to believe that the bad news I offered before actually is true.
dan
June 12, 2008 - 8:17 am -Arthus,
Don’t let anyone tell you that you must enjoy the Internet exactly as they do.
Darren, for whatever it’s worth, I realize the average Twit gets a lot more fun out of Twitter than I do, that I’m not taking part in all the social interaction. But I don’t want it. As a level-ten introvert, my social needs are filled and then some by my small crowd of flesh-and-blood friends.
So egotism? Your call. At a certain point in all this Twitter nonsense I had to shrug and just let the haters hate.
Darren Draper
June 12, 2008 - 9:39 am -Dan,
Fair enough.
P.S. Have a nice day.
Arthus Erea
June 12, 2008 - 10:03 am -Darren: I know. That’s why I participate pretty actively in Twitter with a decent number of followers/people I follow.
dan: Isn’t that the beauty of the Internet? You can find what *you* want to do with it, and I can do my own thing.