Comments on: My Obligatory Post on Yet Another Buzz Word

By: Matt Crosslin

Matt Crosslin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:36:05 +0000

For those that didn't know - I was just pulling a joke with the header. I did that - we weren't hacked. There is no such thing as e-graffiti, for those that asked. See this post for more information:

http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=172

By: Matt Crosslin

Matt Crosslin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:46:34 +0000

Well, I should have said I was from a little town in central Texas :) We used to try and figure out ways to trick our parents in to taking us to Houston or Dallas so we could go to concerts. No luck….

By: Russell Tritico

Russell Tritico — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:05:21 +0000

I actually saw DK at the International Club in Houston in 1984 for the Frankenchrist tour. I actually still have the once black, now grey, shirt:-) I’m from TX too – seen almost all of my shows in Houston.

By: Harriet Watkins

Harriet Watkins — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:07:45 +0000

Matt, you must have touched a nerve! Wow!

By: EduGeek Admin

EduGeek Admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:05:26 +0000

Looks those durn EduPunks got to my EduGeek Journal header! Anyone know how to clean off e-graffiti?

By: Matt Crosslin

Matt Crosslin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:54:17 +0000

Maybe we’ll start seeing that used to describe classes and even conferences – ‘man, I got edupunk’d at that session’ :)

By: Matt Crosslin

Matt Crosslin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:53:01 +0000

Very good points Russell. Wow – Dead Kennedys. That brings back memories. But, I live in Texas, so I mostly remember thrashing to a friends Fresh Fruit… cassette more than anything. No shows in our area :)EdTech buzzwords seem to die hard, so I wonder if this one will be forgotten or bought by O’Reilly and patented? Maybe we should go to EduPunk Journal?

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:35:59 +0000

Who makes up these words? Maybe the next version of it will be “edupunk’d” – you know from the show where people get “punk’d”!! meaning that they pretend to provide you with a good elearning class, but really they fooled you and it was just a power point slide, and they capture your reaction (disdain!!).

By: Russell Tritico

Russell Tritico — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:10:18 +0000

I guess I don’t really have an opinion about the term EduPunk. But as a person in the education field and a person whose first show was the Dead Kennedys, (I’m listening to The Jesus Lizard – Down, as I type) I feel the need to provide my insight into punk conformity or non-conformity. I always found it incredibly interesting that all of the punks were dressed in expensive (to me at the time) leather boots and jackets and had spent a tons of time styling their hair, and meticulously adorning their jackets with safety pins. Conformity is all in your mentality and rarely is reflected in labels. This EduPunk nomenclature is just another useless term which will be forgotten.