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Monthly Archives May 2009

The Relevance of College

Open yourself up to enough sources and contrasting perspectives will soon become evident. My present “read” (actually listen, but that sounds funny) is “What would Google do?” (Jeff Jarvis). Jarvis, a real Google fanboy, sets out to demonstrate that the values and techniques employed by Google could successfully modify various trades and services. Toward the [...]

Posted 30 May 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (3) °

When is it OK to complain?

One of the supposed benefits of the participatory web, at least according to the books I read, is that it brings parties into more meaningful conversation with each other. This works at the individual level, but also at the level of companies, political parties, local government, etc. communicating with customers, members, etc.  I am of [...]

Posted 28 May 2009 † grabe § Rants ‡ Comments (0) °

All of Me

I is a gorgeous holiday weekend and I am trying to work. Perhaps there will be time for fun later. I happen to be working on a chapter focused on the topic of cyberbullying. Anyway, one of the issues I came across in my reading concerned the origins of the term – who used it [...]

Posted 23 May 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The “theoretical” power of the crowd

This was to be the day I made progress on some important writing projects. I arrived at the office early and was ready to go. Then, I checked my email. There was a note that the wiki I maintain for student projects in my graduate course had been modified by someone I did not recognize [...]

Posted 22 May 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Potential Incentive Fund Considered for 21st Century Skills

S. Bill 1483 proposes a fund that will encourage states to adopt the 21st Century Skills framework. As part of the rationale Congress has concluded that: In order for our Nation’s students to be prepared to succeed in our communities and workplaces, students need 21st century content, beyond the traditional core subjects, that includes global [...]

Posted 21 May 2009 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wolfram|Alpha Launch

I followed the video feed of the Wolfram|Alpha launch tonight. Offering this as a live feed was innovative and not without several hitches. After a couple of hours, the site went live. I was able to conduct a couple of searches. I was unable to find out anything about me. I was able to obtain [...]

Posted 16 May 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Twitter

Previously, I indicated that had decided to use this blog for longer and more serious posts and my group microblog for anything else. This post is an exception. I am testing a plugin that automatically sends a tweet to my Twitter followers when I post something here. If you are interested, I can be followed [...]

Posted 14 May 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: