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Monthly Archives August 2007

UND on YouTube

I spend little time on YouTube, but an event in which I participated recently ended up as a YouTube video. Amazing they could talk 1/3 of us into doing this. YouTube finds related posts and offers them to viewers. In this case, the next UND video on the list is something about a drunk student [...]

Posted 31 August 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Who talks to their kids about the Internet?

A recently completed Harris poll offers some information on the question of do parents take a role in introducing their children to the Internet. Mothers, particularly mothers who grew up with the Internet, seem to take a much more active role. The survey itself appears to have been focused on who introduces children to the [...]

Posted 30 August 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Postmodern Students

Most higher education is based on modernism, with its roots in the Enlightenment and the values of optimism, discoverable truth, reason, and science. Postmodernism tends to be more pessimistic, sees “truth” as individually created, to value opinion and preference over truth, experience over science or reason, and to foster a delegitimation of authority. (Taylor, 2006 [...]

Posted 29 August 2007 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

What are blogs good for?

Cindy alerted to me a blog discussion between David Warlich and Matthew Tabor concerning the value and purpose of educational blogs and blogging. Without a thorough reading of the entire strand and thus without addressing these bloggers, here is my take on the issue. I tend to have to convert the arguments of others to [...]

Posted 26 August 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

K12 Back to School Data

This is kind of interesting – the U.S. Census Bureau has compiled a collection of data relevant to the K12 environment under the heading Back to School 2007-2008 (thanks to Ray Schroeder for this lead). You have to scroll down quite a ways to find the technology section. In looking at the topics (e.g., use [...]

Posted 23 August 2007 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A model for ethical behavior

I took a little walk to the University of North Dakota Barnes and Noble bookstore this afternoon. I started class today and there seemed a mix up with the book I use in Educational Psychology. I wanted to see what was on the shelf. When at the bookstore I also take a walk down the [...]

Posted 22 August 2007 † grabe § Rants ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

First Day of a New Year

I really love this time of year on a college campus. No matter what my age, the beginning of classes brings the same excitement year after year. I hope students share this excitement. Those of us in this environment have the luxury of focusing on our own improvement for an extended period of time and [...]

Posted 20 August 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °