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Monthly Archives June 2011

No ISTE this year

I had planned to be attending sessions at ISTE today. We  have made it to every conference since Minneapolis. The last few yars we have been driving combining a relaxing trip with the conference. We made it through the first part of the trip which landed us in Iowa to clear the furniture and possessions [...]

Posted 26 June 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Adventure Games Are Back

I get excited every time I encounter someone who remembers text-based adventure games especially if the individual is promoting an educational application. The most recent post I located was provided by Josh Caldwell. Josh Caldwell, a middle school English teacher, argues for the creation of text-based games as a productive way to involve students as [...]

Posted 21 June 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) °

Need a way to test

I have been listening to Eli Pariser’s “The Filter Bubble”. I became interested in the book after listening to Pariser’s TED talk. I have become fascinated with the claims made in the talk and book. Here is my take on a core claim of both. The claim might be described as a complaint about either [...]

Posted 07 June 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Patent Trolls

Educators may have limited awareness of the patent battles that now plague technology industries. Everyone seems to be suing everyone. Educators are more likely to be aware of copyright. They tend to understand that the whole sale duplication of content generated by someone else (music, text, video, images) is prohibited. What you may also recognize [...]

Posted 02 June 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: