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A random collection of rants, reviews, and miscellaneous thoughts on everything from instructional technology to local restaurants.
Facebook and Online Responsibility
The problems surrounding teachers using Facebook seem to be getting more and more complex. I’ve written before about how teacher’s private use of Facebook can impact their jobs, whether justly or unjustly. The issue that was brought up recently involves teachers’ use of Facebook on private mobile devices during school hours. This is a tricky [...]
Posted in EdTech, General Technology
Please Rob Me
There’s a new website that’s been getting quite a bit of press lately. It’s called “Please Rob Me,” and it scans Twitter updates for people who have indicated that they are somewhere other than at home. The idea isn’t to enable thieves, but to highlight the carelessness of letting everyone know where you are every [...]
Posted in Geocaching and Maps, Internet
Bing, Buzz, Bip Bop Boo
What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a-happenin’, What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a-happenin’, What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a-happenin’, What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a-happenin’, Why should you want to know? Don’t you mind about the future? Don’t you try to think ahead? Save tomorrow for tomorrow; Think about today instead. – [...]
Teachers and Facebook
Yesterday there was an article in the Greenville News about development of a policy for teacher use of Facebook. The article stated that the board was holding off on approval of the policy because some members had raised “ethical, legal and technical questions.”   The new policy would put into place a procedure for dismissing teachers [...]
DARPA Challenge Update
Well, that didn’t take long. By 5:00 PM DARPA had already announced a winner in their 2009 Challenge. The challenge was supposed to last through December 14, but it was obvious from early on that it wouldn’t take that much time. As shown on the map above, the balloons were located in places where it [...]
Posted in Geocaching and Maps, Internet
