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Monthly Archives August 2008

A little more Friedman

I have not commented on the words of Thomas Friedman for several months. It is about time. His themes are pretty much the same, but I think we need reminding. Friedman’s editorial of Aug. 26 used China’s impressive display in hosting the olympics to reiterate his position on what the U.S. is up against. In about [...]

Posted 31 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Online Presidential Election Info

I went to a football game last night and missed the final evening of the democratic convention. I have since learning that iTunes offers all of the speeches from the Democratic convention (and I assume from the Republication convention) as a public service. I decided to explore a bit online and see what resources were [...]

Posted 29 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Friends?

I met my two Fall classes for the first time today. A total of 270 students and an impossible situation for making a personal connection with many of them. In commenting on this topic, I noted that my syllabi offer a link to this blog and suggested that I use this blog to comment on [...]

Posted 28 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Personal Home Pages

This is kind of useful. Mashable.com offers a comparison of 14 options for personal home pages. I use both Netvibes and iGoogle myself. The core idea is that personal home pages provide the means to integrate a wide variety of information sources and make this information available at a glance. You can craft this page [...]

Posted 26 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

EdTech Research Agenda

The recently authorized National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Techologies comes with a stated set of priorities: • Research, development and demonstrations of learning technologies that could include simulations, games, virtual worlds, intelligent tutors, performance-based assessments, and innovative approaches to pedagogy that these tools can implement. • Design and testing of components [...]

Posted 24 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Generations and Appreciating A New Start

This is move-in weekend at UND. I love this part of university life – new faces arriving on campus with great hopes for the future. I have always said that one of the great benefits of being a university prof is the opportunity to be part of this annual process of renewal. Age is becoming [...]

Posted 23 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Don’t Be Evil – Apple

Will the profit motive influence corporate values? Despite the famous “Don’t be Evil” mantra, we already know Google folded under pressure from China and altered search options to block disapproved content. Now, it appears it is Apple’s turn to evaluate company values. It is reported that the iTunes store is blocked in China. The explanation [...]

Posted 22 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: