Monthly Archives: February 2008
Education Collaboration Resources (for Sharing and Caring)
Photos Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ I consider Flickr to the be best online photo storage, management, and sharing application available to us. They have two main goals: We want to help people make their photos available to the people who matter to them. We want to enable new ways of organizing photos I use Flickr to host [...]
Svarga in Second Life
Svarga: An Online Ecosystem From the Linden lab: Svarga is a functioning ecosystem where the Sun, wind, birds, and bees are crucial to the continued growth of the plants and animals. You may drop in to feed the birds and watch the grass grow. Svarga is an exotic jungle island with pathways, towers, musical instruments, [...]
Are We Safe on Campus?
The string of recent shootings, including the latest from Northern Illiinois University have gotten me thinking quite deeply about whether we are all safe on campus. CNN has a report from their readers about how university students feel about safety on campus. They also have a great video from reader Allen Brown from Kent State [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last speech
[div imgwidecenter][/div] I just found this video on YouTube. It is a very inspiring video that MLK gave the day before he was murdered. We need someone like him to validate the opinions of those of us who are against the war in Iraq. We need someone who can inspire politicians to get our brave [...]
Foo Fighters / My Grammy Moment video
Two weeks ago, I discovered the call on YouTube for a string player to play with the Foo Fighters at the Grammy awards. YouTubers voted for their favorites, and a violinist won. The following is the CBS video with the resulting winner, the Foo Fighters playing Pretender, and a rockin’ performance. Cellists Rock Too There [...]
Cognitive Load and Teaching Technology
Dreamweaver Class Two [div imgwidecenter][/div] Tonight was night #1 of my Dreamweaver class 2. I am starting teaching Dreamweaver CS3, and I decided to use a new curriculum that includes making a web page using div tags and CSS positioning technology. This is a second level class and all students should have been prepared to [...]
Ouch and Yay: A Hysterectomy!
I love it when I can rhyme! Ouch and Ouch Anyway, I received a hysterectomy on Jan. 29, 2008. I had been diagnosed with pelvic congestion (also see http://www.via-med.com/pelvicpain.aspx). I was hurting quite a bit for weeks and bleeding nonstop for weeks. Before that, my periods were up to 5 weeks long. Heinous, ay? The [...]
Goodbye President Gordon B. Hinckley
Yes, I am a convert to the LDS church and a big fan of Gordon B. Hinckley. He is an amazing man who did so much good for so many people. He not only help grow the LDS church, but he instigated a great growth in the humanitarian efforts of the church and helping to [...]
Plymouth Pilgrims sim in Second Life
There is a new Plymouth pilgrims history sim in Second Life. Even though it is small, it has a lot of good information, and it is a good immersive environment. It has good signs throughout the settlement explaining the history of the original Plymouth settlement. So when you are looking around in this sim, it [...]
