Archive for March, 2010
TPACK Newsletter #7: March-April 2010
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Conference, Creativity, Design, Housekeeping, Learning, MAET, News, Online Learning, Publications, Research, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Worth Reading | 2 Comments »
TPACK Newsletter, Issue #7.1: Special SITE & AERA Conference Issue March-April 2010 Welcome to the seventh edition of the TPACK Newsletter, published four times each year between September and April. If you are ... Read more..The futility of existence, Part II: What now?
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Creativity, Fun, Personal, Philosophy, Stories, Worth Reading | No Comments »
So there's this guy who wants to get into a balloon. Don't ask why but he does. So he inflates these large balloons and tries to squeeze into them. And ... Read more..Creativity, computers & the human soul
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Art, Creativity, Evolution, Identity, Learning, Philosophy, Plagiarism, Representation, Science, Stories, Worth Reading | No Comments »
In his article Is Google making us stupid? the author Nicholas Carr takes Sergi Brin to task for something he had said in a 2004 interview with Newsweek. Brin ... Read more..Reading Obama, and getting it right!
Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in Blogging, Personal, Politics, Worth Reading | No Comments »
I rarely if ever blog about politics - though I follow it avidly. I spend large parts of my day reading the news, keeping up with what is going on. ... Read more..Wimpy? Me? No way?
Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in Art, Fun, Identity, Personal, Worth Reading | No Comments »
That's me, wimpified! (Well that's the best I could do). Can you do better? Go Wimp Yourself!! Read more..TED is bullshit :-)
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Conference, Creativity, Design, Learning, Philosophy, Stories, Teaching, Technology, Worth Reading | 2 Comments »
Evrim Baran (who I often joke is the only reader of this blog) sent me this link to a set of notes by Jeff Jarvis from a TED talk he ... Read more..Education in an evolutionary perspective
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Biology, Creativity, Evolution, Fun, Games, Learning, Stories, Worth Reading | 2 Comments »
I just discovered Peter O. Gray's blog on Psychology Today, titled Freedom to Learn: The roles of play and curiosity as foundations for learning. This is an awesome blog and ... Read more..Cool logos
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Art, Creativity, Design, Good | Bad Design, Puzzles, Representation, Worth Reading | 1 Comment »
I just came across this page of excellent logo designs. Some of the designs may need a moment or two to truly register. Check out 20 Unique and Creative Logo ... Read more..Interview with Curt Bonk
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Blogging, Learning, MAET, Online Learning, Personal, Philosophy, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Worth Reading | No Comments »
My friend and colleague, Curt Bonk, Professor at Indiana University (also known as Travelin' Ed Man) recently interviewed me about our new hybrid Ph.D. program. For those interested in the ... Read more..Exciting!! Edupunk refresher, hybrid PhD & more…
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Learning, MAET, News, Online Learning, Research, Teaching, Technology, TPACK, Uncategorized, Worth Reading | 2 Comments »
A few weeks ago I had posted about the hybrid Ph.D. program that we recently announced. There has been terrific interest in this program (but we are still looking for ... Read more..(de)Signs, a series on Slate
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in Art, Design, Economics, Engineering, Good | Bad Design, Representation, Stories | No Comments »
Slate magazine is running an interesting series by Julia Turner on signs and their design. Two articles are now up The Secret Language of Signs: They're the most useful thing you ... Read more..