Topics I write about often seem to coalesce from active themes. I can kind of identify the sources for this post – iPad announcement, reaction to health care reform, and reading the first chapter of “Rethinking education in the age of technology”. The topic that emerged is – Time for subsidized wifi. Components: 1) From [...]
One of the down sides of social media is that we have control over the connections we make. We tend to select sources that fit our own biases and while we assume the inputs we process are making us more knowledgeable, we may simply be becoming more entrenched in flawed positions. I have summarized the [...]
This technique involves the inclusion of special markup that is called by the plugin (see above with last part of the document ID obscured for security). The technique works, but after experimenting, I now consider it more appropriate to WordPress pages more so than blog posts. The one situation I can think of that might [...]
I was taking pictures as my grand kids opened their Christmas presents. Our two and one-half year old granddaughter received a Dora camera. My son gave a quick tutorial on taking pics and off she went. Maybe she just liked the flash. She aimed her camera at me and I reciprocated. My son must have [...]
I enjoy writing code. I have developed the tools I use in my research and I have created some other products I think are useful. The problem I have is keeping up. Back in 2006, I took an open source, social bookmarking product and added my own modifications. I wanted to create a service that [...]
It appears that the math, science, and technology folks may be able to cash in on the vague connection between the competitiveness of the U.S. economy and education (see Washington Post article). I would ask the same question of this initiative that I would ask of the focus of NCLB – why the narrow focus? [...]
Year end always brings goals and resolutions for the year to come. The goal of taking and sharing a picture a day received some attention within this general discussion and Cindy thought it sounded interesting. We have made the commitment to give it a try. As I thought about the concept, it occurred to me [...]
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