Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • Optical Illusion: Reverse Mindwarp

    March 3, 2012
    Psychology

    In case the above video does not work, it is available at Youtube Optical Illusion: Reverse Mindwarp

  • Weekly Roundup for Mar 2, 2012

    March 2, 2012
    Bookmarks

    Scholars Seek Better Ways to Track Impact Online Mind your language: How linguistic software helps companies catch crooks – The newish trend of analytics in education is from increasing government scrutiny. One might start looking for signs students will attempt to cheat? As it is, the lack of looking for them boasting about cheating is a major…

  • In Real Life

    March 1, 2012
    Virtual

    Context matters. The current environment is assumed, so other contexts must be specified. Online conversations eventually will reference, “In Real Life.” We have corporeal bodies. At least, that is the common sense, much like the world is flat, children are miniature adults, and males are only rational. What we sense is not the data, but…

  • Collected Quotes January/February 2012

    February 29, 2012
    Quotes

    My main page on quotes is Quotes to Make You Think. Additional ones can be found under the Quotes tag. Think before you speak. Read before you think. — Fran Lebowitz We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by…

  • TEDxBloomington: The happy secret to better work

    February 28, 2012
    Learning

    When we are happier, our brains work better. Part of this could be viewing stresses as opportunities. If the above video does not load, then try The happy secret to better work.

  • Solving Internal Communications With Blogs

    February 27, 2012
    Communication, RSS / Blogs

    Through the grapevine, a coworker heard in another organization a top administrator wants the rank and file to start blogging. My coworker was opposed. I thought it could be a cool way of internally communicating. Though the conditions to make it work very much depend on the organizational culture: Encouragement not forced. Managers are asked…

  • Happy Ayyam-i-ha

    February 26, 2012
    Religion / Baha’i Faith

    Baha’is around the world are celebrating the intercalendary days starting today. Our calendar of 19 months with 19 days leave a 4-5 day gap.  Rather than make some months longer than others, we have a period to fill the gap. Following Ayyam-i-ha, Baha’is will observe the Fast. We will abstain from eating and drinking between…

  • iPad Helps Kindergarten Literacy

    February 25, 2012
    Instructional Technology

    There is a story circulating that the iPad improves Kindergartners literacy scores. This title implies the hardware device or iOS is responsible for the improvements when much more likely there are specific applications responsible. After all, putting an Mac in a classroom with software designed to help literacy is more likely to improve literacy than…

  • Weekly Roundup Feb 24, 2012

    February 24, 2012
    Bookmarks

    Acad sounds alarm about fragility of digital prod’n – Sadly I had this conversation with my mother back when I bought my first digital camera in 2002. One of my reservations about going digital is the fragility of formats. Of course, a few years earlier I worked in Government Documents and file formats created a…

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