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A random collection of rants, reviews, and miscellaneous thoughts on everything from instructional technology to local restaurants.
Twitter Hits the Mainstream
Twitter certainly has been getting A LOT of press this past week. On Monday, the Daily Show did a segment on it, John Cleese released something on his video blog about it, Daniel Schorr and Scott Simon discussed it on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and there have been at least three articles about it in the [...]
Posted in General Technology, Internet
21st Century Skills and Employment Reality
Often I’ve written here about my internal conflicts when it comes to use of Internet filters. While I’d love to open up YouTube, the cost in bandwidth and disciplinary problems makes it hard to justify. I may tend to be more liberal than my counterparts in allowing access to the Web, but I also know [...]
Posted in EdTech
Reflections on Twitter and The Death of Conversation
A synopsis/compilation of recent conversations… Me: Yesterday several of my friends and I went for a hike in the… Sibling/Friend: …yeah, I read that in your blog. Me: For our anniversary we went to Disney and… Sibling/Friend: …I saw your posts and pictures online. Me: Um, is there anything new I can tell you? Sibling/Friend: [...]
Posted in Internet
Targeting to the Extreme
I am not naive. I am aware of the level of targeting and profiling that advertisers use to get their message across, especially on the Internet. However, every now and then it really catches me off-guard. Facebook is notorious for this, sending ads my way that read “Sing in Italy this summer” because I’ve listed [...]
