technology
Autism and Realities
As I was going through my Google Docs archive last week, I found an article that I either wrote for a class or an old blog. Either way, I think it is both interesting and relevant enough to re-post here. Especially in light of SYWTT’s recent article on Asperger’s Syndrome.
Over the past couple days I [...]
Blast From the Past: I Obviously Love Books That End in ‘-omics’ Edition
The following is an excerpt from a post I wrote on April 6th, 2007 for my other blog.
Lastly, I just started reading a GREAT book called Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. I’m only three chapters in but it has been incredibly thought provoking. From the Wikinomics website:
Based on a $9 million research [...]
Getting the Best Out of PowerPoint
It annoys me that one of the requirements for the PowerPoint I’m putting together for my Technology class is, “Use of animations on slides.”
I hate floof.
Self-Motivated Learners
A concept that I have been becoming increasingly interested in over the past couple years is self-education. The Internet provides such an unprecedented opportunity to learn anything you want– the barriers to education are quickly falling. Whether from podcasts, free video downloads,free MIT course materials etc., there really is no excuse not to learn something if it interests [...]
New Format Does Not Mean New
In my Social Studies Methods class we were shown a brief video called “Shift Happens 2.0.” I have a feeling I missed the boat big time with this one, but it was the first time I had seen it. For those of you that haven’t, it is basically aslide show with thought provoking statistics and questions [...]