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Monthly Archives July 2009

Still confused – after all these years

How copyright and fair use apply in an online world have long been issues that have confounded me? I think I have found an explanation that seems logical to me, but then find some “expert” advocating a practice that I would regard as an infringement. I think I understand “fair use” as it applies in [...]

Posted 31 July 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Access may be the weak link

The Pew Internet and American Life project has released another report concerning how and how much we use the Internet. The focus of this most recent post was the rapidly increasing use of wireless Internet use. The study reports that 1/3 of Americans have now accessed the Internet using a cell phone or smart phone. [...]

Posted 28 July 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

I had a plan

I had a plan for how the rest of my career would play out. Senior-level (i.e., old) academics can kind of do this kind of thing. The plan went something like this. Professional: At work – a) teaching – educational psychology and ed tech, intro psychology, and b) research – technology support of study behavior [...]

Posted 23 July 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) °

Memorization is not the goal

I drove from Minneapolis to Grand Forks last evening. I typically listen to podcasts or audiobooks when I drive and I enjoy the time to think. The audiobook for the trip was Jeff Jarvis’ “What would Google do?” I have commented on this book previously, but I was listening again to the chapter on the [...]

Posted 21 July 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Why We’re Behind

“Why we’re behind: What top nations teach their students but we don’t” is a report offered to the public and policy makers by Common Core. Multiple players with varying motives (business leaders, politicians, academics) are weighing in on the state of education, assessments of what is wrong, and what needs to be done. This is [...]

Posted 15 July 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) °

Geotagged Pictures – Amazing

I bought Cindy a new camera for her birthday, mother’s day, or some recent holiday. We have several very nice SLRs, but the camera I purchased had the unique capability of geotagging pictures as they were taken. In other words, the camera has a built-in GPS and coordinates are stored as part of the image [...]

Posted 10 July 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Custom Search

Google offers the opportunity to create a custom search service and I knew this, but I had never considered potential educational applications until I heard Alan November present some ideas at NECC. You can set up a search engine and control the web sites it will access (you can probably get the idea from the [...]

Posted 09 July 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °