Look out SMART Technologies – the writing may be on the wall, and it isn’t yours.

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn Today’s MIT Tech Review: A Better, Cheaper Multitouch Interface A new pressure-sensitive pad could improve large and small touch screens. I’ve thought for some time that the SMART Technologies’ White Board which is marketed so vigorously to Alberta schools … Continue reading

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job where you can be wrong or change your mind THIS often?

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCompare: (these are all taken from the Environment Canada Weather Site) The day before there had been a severe winter storm warning. Nothing happened. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading

In Class Laptop Use Shown to Lower Test Scores…

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesIntellagirl posted a note about this article today and I was curious, so I read it too… She suggested that the article had entirely missed the point, and she is absolutely right! The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 16, 2009 … Continue reading

New Puppy

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are getting a new puppy this week. In the spring of 1997 we got our first Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD). A  Great Pyrenees. Scanner. She changed my life. My birds were safe from local predators – all day long … Continue reading