Random musings. Half-finished (and quite possibly half-baked) thoughts.
Things that have caught my eye…
One of the most interesting articles I’ve read in a long
time
- Attracting
the twentysomething worker. Describes how the workplace is being changed by
its newest employees.
Students learn by doing
- Milton Chen,
Executive Director of the George Lucas
Educational Foundation, encourages us to start teaching basketball with
textbooks. [thanks,
Michael!]
Google Maps Street View
- A
woman complains that you can see her cat in the window. Interesting
implications for people’s perceptions of privacy.
Nebraska is our model for how NCLB should be
Proper etiquette?
- When possible, should mainstream media hyperlink
to sources like most blogs do?
Will every household have one of these some
day?
- ‘Honey, the coffee pot handle broke!’ ‘No problem. I’ll
just make a new one with our new 3–D printer!’
Anti-school blogs
- Does anyone know URLs of blogs or online discussion boards that are being
used by parents or community members to discuss their unhappiness
with their local schools / educators?
Second Life as a museum?
- I had thought about Second Life as a simulation space, similar to the
potential that resides with video gaming technologies, but Sweden’s
using Second Life like a museum.
Guess which university produces the most doctoral students in
education?
- Many of you will be surprised by the
answer.
An interesting perspective on higher education
Make your own screencasts (free)
- I love Camtasia Studio
and Adobe Captivate. But
there also are some free
alternatives for making your own screencasts.
A different way to pay teachers?
- My favorite is the one
that pays $49.50. Insert your own pay clause as a comment!
Okay. I have one. I think that we eventually will be able to scan our bodies on our computers and get diagnosed from home. Thanks for all of the links. What fun!
Half-finished or half-baked? 005