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Bibliography: Texting in class

I’m working on a project that will measure the effect that texting and facebooking in class has on students’ performance. To that end, this is my ever-growing bibliography of relevant links. If you know of a resource I don’t have, … Continue reading

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Blog writing software – again I like MS!

That last post was written in Windows Live Writer, Microsoft’s blog writing software that’s part of Live. And, as much as I hate to admit it, Live Writer is the best blogging software that I’ve tried. Blogdesk just didn’t cut … Continue reading

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Oops, I think I like MS Office again

So I’ve been spending the week helping get a really complex Excel sheet turned into a pseudo computer program. Initial thought: Ah, crap. I’ve got to deal with Office again? At most I’ve done some writing in Word, but I’ve … Continue reading

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Posthuman Website Design

Ok, so I’ve got to admit that I’m relatively new to a bunch of theories I really should know better. Posthumanism is definitely one of those. So is UX website design (user experience, for those who are further behind than … Continue reading

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A Computer-Driven “Black Friday”?

The financial world is all abuzz with the stock market’s performance yesterday. The Dow dropped 9% in a matter of minutes, and then climbed back 6% in just a few more minutes. No one really knows why yet. There’s rumors … Continue reading

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Millennials and Attention Spans

An interesting perspective hit me the other day when I was thinking about the millennial generation and their perceived short attention span. At least in my experience, baby boomers tend to think of the millennial generation as being very impatient … Continue reading

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Virtual Reality Revisited (part 2): What it used to be

This week is a follow-up to what started last week – a (for me at least) rather in-depth reconsideration of what virtual reality means in a Web 2.0/social networking Internet. Last week I tried to provide an overview of how … Continue reading

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Virtual Reality Revisited (part 1)

Kind readers, kindly be patient with me as I stretch this next idea out over several posts. I’ve decided to start a multi-week series on virtual reality, or rather revisiting the concept in the context of a Web 2.0/social media/cloud … Continue reading

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The Internet Bus (Part II)

Well, the post last week elicited enough interest that I thought a follow-up may be in order. Last week, I laid out my complaints of the deployment of “technology” in public schools (technology is in quotes, as I’m purposefully misusing … Continue reading

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The Internet Bus

There was a fascinating story in the NYTimes on Friday about a school in Tucson who launched a pilot Yellow Bus + wifi. They have apparently equipped one of their school buses with a mobile wifi hot-spot that students can … Continue reading

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