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Monthly Archives August 2010

Real Reading on the Kindle

I differentiate reading for pleasure and reading for work. As an academic reading is a big part of what I do. I sit around and read stuff – books, journal articles, and some web content. When I read for work, I am reading to understand, but I am also reading as a way to accumulate [...]

Posted 28 August 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Back to school post – college student study

I pay attention when the general public is told something about higher ed. I am an educational psychologist so the topics are sometimes relevant to my teaching or research. I also am interested in how the area in which I work is presented to the public. In 1961, the average full-time student at a four-year [...]

Posted 22 August 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Adventures in Reading

My start in combining educational technology and research was many years ago – the mid-1980s. I was interested in the development of reading skills (upper elementary) and was attempting to develop games that would both develop skill and generate data on performance. At the time (Apple II and II+), the technology experience for the user [...]

Posted 20 August 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

New news on neutrality

Recently Google and Verizon issued a joint comment on net neutrality. This proposal has generated a great deal of buzz (some links provided at the end of this post) and Google has responded in defense of the proposal. So, what is network neutrality and why should you care. I would suggest that the core idea [...]

Posted 14 August 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Keeping Positive

I was in a good mood Sunday morning. Our youngest daughter was married Saturday evening and there is something that is so positive about the celebration of a couple beginning a life together. My feet hurt, but life felt good. Then, I made the mistake of turning on the television to watch some Sunday morning [...]

Posted 12 August 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °