I spent much of the evening surfing the net, trying to find information about various activities I was involved in in my teens and twenties (and even some of my thirties). And, to my disappointment, I couldn’t find much of anything. Half my life is missing! Pretty much anything that has happened since 1995, I [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Half my life is missing
Posted in general on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Found through Gmail
Posted in general on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dave Malinowski, one of the admins at UC Berkeley’s blog on language learning, culture and identity, Found in Translation (great title!), recently emailed me, telling me he had added us to their blogroll. I took a look at their blog, and wow. Go, read! Click here for the blog Found in Translation.
Digital literacy? Easy.
Posted in general on November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Charming YouTube star and 98-year-old actress Mae LaBorde establishes just how important digital literacy can be:
Bye-Bye BlackBerry
Posted in general on November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It looks like Barack Obama won’t be sending email from the White House.
Technology Failure versus Determination: An Anecdote
Posted in general on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One argument I have heard against implementation of technology in the classroom is how faulty technology is. Teachers fear if a computer crashes they will lose all their data. Let me share with you a story about my class last night: Last week, Prof G (pseudonym to protect the awesome) was reminded that he scheduled [...]
Water, water, everywhere.
Posted in general on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever looked for a specific news clip or viral video and spent 10 minutes sorting through the results instead? Wall Street Journal recently wrote an article on smarter video search engines: Beyond YouTube: New Ways to Find Video on the Web.
Touch-screen technologies
Posted in general on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been seeing a lot more of touch-screen technologies lately, partly due to the fact that our very own Melissa Kibrick brings her HP Tablet to class with her, and partly due to the mesmerizing electoral maps on CNN and CBS (SNL parody posted below). Then I stumbled across this recent gem: Yes, that is an [...]
Finding the Money
Posted in general on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Education Weekly has an interesting article full of ideas for how schools can continue to afford their technology programs. Open source is a highly touted solution to reduce expenses. Are there any central resources that list open source resources for schools?
Another need for teaching Technology Skills – Applications
Posted in general on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So thanks again to Freakonomics for pointing me to a great article. Edgar Johns of JobApp Network Inc., has found that for his company there are significant differences between white and minority applicants over the phone versus the internet. They discuss that one cause of this could be access to the internet. They also found [...]
The Three R’s
Posted in general on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In reading Freakonimics this morning I cam across one of their latest posts on The Three R’s. The article shows a few great bits for commentary on learning and technology and the disconnect with schools. First, the assignment is several questions on general knowledge. The young girl’s first reaction is to open up her web [...]
