January 2008
You Got Punk’d: An Open Letter to American Parents... →
December 2007
Unstructured learning is Saturday House goal →
I would love to use this model in my classroom. Interest exists, too bad it can’t be cool to show it.
YouTube - Doctor Who, Children in Need Special -... →
Music producers mixing for MP3 →
In a fascinating article about trends in sound engineering, Rolling Stone notes that producers are now specifically mixing tracks to compensate for the failings in MP3 — it seems to me that as a society, we’re happy to sacrifice fidelity for ease of use, flexibility and low-cost (see, for example, the trend from landlines to cordless phones to mobile phones to Skype). Designing for...
Granite Falls School District →
Educational Jargon Generator →
I’m using this… soon.
Burton encourages Poaching... slopes. →
Burton puts a bounty on the last four ski slopes that are “skiier only.” Sick ‘em.
The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto | The New York... →
Charts | Worth a thousand words →
Excellent graphic representations of complex historical data. Sort of puts excel charts to shame.
ksuther.com | Chax →
Keynote and LaTeX on Mac OS X →
Everything is a marketing interaction →
Every time you interact with a customer, you’re engaging in marketing. Doesn’t matter if you’re instituting a policy, gaining some data, delivering an invoice… it’s a marketing interaction.
… When you yell at a classroom full of kids because one kid misbehaved, that’s a marketing decision.
from Seth Godin, What’s the point of this interaction?
Everything is a marketing interaction →
Every time you interact with a customer, you’re engaging in marketing. Doesn’t matter if you’re instituting a policy, gaining some data, delivering an invoice… it’s a marketing interaction.
… When you yell at a classroom full of kids because one kid misbehaved, that’s a marketing decision.
from Seth Godin, What’s the point of this interaction?
in praise of failure →
Making sense of the new report that teachers of my generation are better educated and have higher SAT scores… but somehow I doubt that we are better prepared. That’s just the view from my chair, in my classroom.
The BEAST's 50 Most Loathsome People of 2007 →
I’m liking #9, #25, #23 and of course #1.
Oh BlackBerry! FCC Carolers Poke Fun at Issues →
January 2009 doesn’t seem so far away anymore.
Center for Language Education And Research (CLEAR)... →
You are the 9th Most Loathsome Person in America →
…well, according to The Beast’s list of the 50 most loathsome people in America for 2007, anyway. (And yes, we’ve got loathsome types of this sort in Canada as well.)
You
Charges
You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish....
Low-tech Magazine: Email in the 18th century →
Is it Christmas? →
Five dangerous things you should let your kids do. →
Gever Tulley is my new hero.
Fav.or.it from London, RSS reader to beat Google... →
Here’s the interview I did with Nick Halstead of Fav.or.it. Does he convince you to give up your RSS reader? The lockin on RSS readers is so strong for me that I can’t move. But there’s still a lot of people who will need an RSS reader. Does Fav.or.it have a chance against bigger, more entrenched RSS readers like NewsGator, Bloglines, or Google Reader (which is really gaining momentum now)?
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IM IN UR MANGER KILLING UR SAVIOR →
Smart pay for teachers →
Washington state education reformers want to change the way teachers are paid to include incentives for tough assignments, expertise and classroom performance. The Washington Learns report is controversial, writes Dan Goldhaber and Michael DeArmond of University of Washington’s Center for Reinventing Public Education.
Many people will argue the problem with teacher salaries is that they are too...
The Bureau of Communication →
Let a thousand Mules bloom [dive into mark] →
How to Spot a Cylon →
These posters are a steal at $19.95, when you think of all the human lives they might save. A few of the cylon-spotting tips displayed: ★ Do they exhibit sociopathic behavior around other humans, especially defenseless children?
★ Are they unusually adept, almost empathic, with machines?
★ Does their spine glow red when they get… excited?
Link. (Thanks, Bonnie)
Goodie Bag :: Trajan is the Movie Font →
The Wii as $99 SmartBoard →
So the cool thing about this is not that you can pretty easily hack a Wii to make just about any surface you can project onto into an interactive white board (though that is cool, no doubt.) What’s REALLY cool about it is that Johnny Chung Lee, the guy that figured out how to do it, created a video that shows pretty compellingly the amazing applications here and then offered up the program that...
Apple Design →
An interesting look at design and what makes good design. (Answer: Steve Jobs.)
Image Savant - S P O R E →
I wish that he had released these at resolutions suitable for desktop use. They are truly beautiful.
"Information Access in a Networked... →
Danah makes some good points, and sparks some thought… I’m always left wanting a bit of the same thing I demand from my students — cite your sources, give your stats.
Things They Don't Teach You In Library School →
End of an Era as Times Kills Recording Room | The... →
PostSecret Target →
I didn’t send this card, but a year ago I could have.
The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses →
Here Comes Another Bubble - The Richter Scales →
We didn’t light the fire… bubble style.
Inspirational Poster of the Day →
Asshole Rating Self-Exam (ARSE) →
I’m pretty sure that this isn’t intended for teachers. I glare, taunt and occasionally yell as a matter of course.
Flowchart: HOWTO determine internet truth. →
The truth, as revealed by Sean Bonner, who is, incidentally, kickin’ it in Vienna this month with the freaks from monochrom. Here’s a post he did today about a presentation by Scott Blake on Barcode Art.
Presenting about presenting →
As Dan put it, “This is oh-shit incredible.” I concur. Now to stay up all night designing tomorrow’s slides.
Intellectual Integrity →
Whatever: Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don't... →
Internet Archive: Details: Inside Magoo →
“Cancer Schmancer”
Teaching Future Historians: U.S. History Lesson... →
Far Away →
Overcoming Bias: US South Had 42% Chance →
Teaching in the 408: The Ledge →
I can see the ledge from where I’m at. I’m not there yet, but I can definitely see it up ahead. It is good to hear this take on how to deal with the Ledge.