CUNY Academic Commons | William Ashton | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/billashton/activity/ Activity feed for William Ashton. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c95a64a4f731d37bd34f1ae5d5088ad1 William Ashton joined the group CUNY Edits https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/483037/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:50:41 -0500 02f564c64de42ce279809beae512944b William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/03/the-sexy-lie-sexual-objectification-of-women-today/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:55:35 -0500  

]]> 751e038adb267f3f62b62fddd4f17289 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site billashton http://billashton.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/19/heroes-of-science/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:39:36 -0500 ThumbnailIncluding 1 women, 2 Asians and 1 African American!

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One woman?!?!? Since we are on a computer, we should at least mention Grace Hopper.  Her Navy uniform would look cool for an action figure.

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York has been housing evacuees from Queens.  Unlike Manhattan, Queens evacuees’ homes have been […]

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via  Jilly Ballistic

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]]> 46732575ce90a5f66a860502cdcb980c William Ashton wrote a new post on the site billashton http://billashton.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/21/comic-con-mandy-caruso-dressed-in-racy-costume-recalls-sexual-harassment-by-fans-mail-online/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:54:34 -0400 ThumbnailA 23-year-old woman is revealing the sexual harassment she endured at Comic Con when she dressed in a racy costume for the gathering of comic book, fantasy and science fiction fans. 
Mandy Caruso, a fashion […]

]]> 6a877ff9e936bb14395ac13cc0e08cf3 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site billashton http://billashton.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/14/dance-your-ph-d/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:20:27 -0400 !– This version of the embed code is no longer supported. Learn more: https://vimeo.com/help/faq/embedding —

The dreaded question. “So, what’s your Ph.D. research about?” You take a deep breath and launch […]

]]> def97716205dde33be40f8181177d798 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/09/23/284/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:36:09 -0400 ThumbnailSomeone, probably OWS (Occupy Wall Street) related, commandeered a few phone booth ad displays.

and

leads to this

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Finished!

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The will was filed at Manhattan Surrogate court in New York earlier this week leaving […]

]]> 248398e62ee7eb531ad8de08950e89c8 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/08/03/0_o/ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:05:49 -0400 6f1252a7383f1f9483a4e7c55904fe86 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site Things I say to my BlackBoard students http://thingsisaytomyblackboardstudents.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/07/30/postmortem-research-wiki-project/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:15:24 -0400 ThumbnailThe extended summer session is over as is the work for two groups of students working on the research wiki project in my summer I/O class.

How did they do and how well did the facilitators idea work?

Here’s […]

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Door on Astoria Bvld.  ~26th Street.

The company’s logo is the Duck Rabbit illusion.

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A clever parody of optical illusions.

]]> 06c53ffa45e05a25a2267a3a6d17bc3b William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/07/02/amazing-domestic-violence-psa/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:47:59 -0400 be71039be7c85a30b00a899bec2f94ac William Ashton wrote a new post on the site Things I say to my BlackBoard students http://thingsisaytomyblackboardstudents.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/06/29/something-new-this-summer-student-facilitators/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:31:36 -0400 I’m doing my summer online course again – Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Again, I’m having groups of students work online on a written project.  This year it’s a group research wiki on a topic in I/O […]

]]> 5d33d134d32716658b2607fafe5adcc6 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site Things I say to my BlackBoard students http://thingsisaytomyblackboardstudents.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/06/29/using-group-wikis-online/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:10:12 -0400 Dr Wenying Huang-Stolte, the head of York’s Bb program, invited me to give a talk to the faculty in the summer workshop for new Bb instructors.  I’ve attached a copy of my powerpoint show:

Here is a PDF of the […]

]]> 0bbf1827ccce812501569a749c5c01f3 William Ashton commented on the post, Research memes, on the site Things I say to my BlackBoard students http://thingsisaytomyblackboardstudents.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/06/20/research-memes/#comment-10 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:12:08 -0400 Thanks!

]]> c43927a9246293bb67bae38258ea3a2e William Ashton wrote a new post on the site Things I say to my BlackBoard students http://thingsisaytomyblackboardstudents.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/06/20/research-memes/ Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:36:12 -0400 ThumbnailLast semester, I gave my research methods students a new assignment to create image macros.

There were two assignments, one for the chapter on statistics and the other for the chapter on the philosophy of […]

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I originally found this article by Jason Jones on the Creepy Treehouse problem in online courses.    Jared Stein defined the CTE in his blog:

creepy treehousesee

also creepy treehouse effect

n. A place, […]

]]> 22d2c108eb510cfa17fbe14466468859 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site billashton http://billashton.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/06/09/the-prisoners-dilemma-on-facebook/ Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:46:58 -0400 ThumbnailI love social psychology, but if I could go to college and grad school again, I’d focus more on math and game theory.  Game theory is the mathematical study of decision making.  Rational decision making.  One of […]

]]> 26cf0c60482c499665914b7149e12b77 William Ashton commented on the post, Round Up!, on the site Footenotes http://bfoote.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/20/round-up-12/#comment-205 Mon, 21 May 2012 13:49:37 -0400 >>> William Ashton posted a handy little chart showing everything that’s blocked or censored on Facebook.

ah … yeah. In honor of the IPO, that’s right [and not because it was sitting around in my ‘post to […]

]]> 2d0fcca0a2c6eefba07d7cafeaaa07fd William Ashton commented on the post, Round Up!, on the site Footenotes http://bfoote.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/20/round-up-12/#comment-204 Mon, 21 May 2012 13:48:41 -0400 >>> William Ashton posted a handy little chart showing everything that’s blocked or censored on Facebook.

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Blackboard was down the day two online finals were wrapping up.

 

Hilarity ensued.

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Honest Logos

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http://projectunbreakable.tumblr.com/

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Created by: ClinicalPsychology.net

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gocomics.com

If the growth serum didn’t work, the sound wouldn’t be able to carry since everything would be too far away from the correct floor. A closed window would also prevent the sound from […]

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Say it aloud, “Sofa King low.”

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]]> 85435d81fd2bd5c58684626596a32baa William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/04/06/what-target-discovered-fairly-quickly-is-that-it-creeped-people-out-that-the-company-knew-abo Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:39:43 -0400 Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which […]

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The gigantic neon smiley face, known as the Feel-o-Meter or Public Face, displayed the mood of the city in real time. Hooked up to a sophisticated software system first developed in 2007 by the Fraunhofer […]

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North Dakota’s tourism director says an ad that showed two young men ogling a group of women on a Fargo sidewalk wasn’t meant to be provocative. […] The text of the ad says: “Drinks, dinner, decisions. […]

]]> 543b3ff276d46842a7be360850dc2115 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/19/stealth-campaign-against-obama/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:58:46 -0500 ThumbnailReuters, January 10—In an historical political move, the marketing team of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has launched a diabolical nationwide public bathroom advertising campaign against President […]

]]> c9f5d2b02a58da749b5a4f3fed3afb13 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/19/kfc-hong-kong-commercial/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:43:53 -0500 0ec1dfb4111774c78023fe2e30bde26f William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/19/1989-first-cell-phone-ad/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:41:33 -0500 7202734e165c3b5e8f1ee0e339a190f5 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/19/dirty-toilets/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:33:37 -0500 Thumbnail

Just co-opting and important historical event or equating Black Panthers to dirty toilets?

]]> 33919d9c1fdc25d7bc3c18dfbc11b7f5 William Ashton wrote a new post on the site Things I say to my BlackBoard students http://thingsisaytomyblackboardstudents.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/16/digital-storytelling-and-foundations-of-research-methods-in-psychology/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:51:39 -0500 ThumbnailI’ve always been jealous of the methods for assignments Michael Smith and the rest of the ds106 group can use.  Those methods seem to fit the topic of storytelling much better than the topic of research methods in […]

]]> ba233684b46ee5086b061167d1f6003a William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/13/catching-up-some-vintage-ads/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:58:28 -0500 33e828b208646046bcb9b3eccb4f029f William Ashton wrote a new post on the site The Sound of the Stick http://thesoundofthestick.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/13/interview-with-a-hoaxster-how-i-fooled-the-daily-mail-with-fake-pic/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:52:47 -0500 Thumbnail

The snow photo started as a joke between friends, because we were fed up with people getting excited over a little flutter of snow, so we were posting old photos of deep snow and saying it was this week in […]

]]> 8b2d3403cc5ed129089c2f035f0c78cd William Ashton wrote a new post on the site billashton http://billashton.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/13/wait-wait/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:28:44 -0500 SAGAL: This is from a study in the Journal of Personality. It is called that because it’s not very good looking.

(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: Oh, the journal, it has personality.

– Peter Sagal, Wait, […]

]]> 0d46082a7f53aa913444cc52b03c749b William Ashton and Debra Swoboda are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/62488/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:26:52 -0500