Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning I woke up to the sounds of the dogs barking and the magpies squawking. When I looked out the window I saw that something had torn open a garbage bag and scattered the contents all over the place … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Urbane Chicken movement claims to be about “the right to grow food” and “sustainability”. To that, I say: Pfffth! Calgary Food Policy Council: 2010 Local Food & Urban Ag Predictions for Calgary. Sustainable? Sure,…. I’ll buy that. We have … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere is Ben Sawyer‘s latest talk – a Google Tech Talk If you are one of those people who believes that Serious Games is synonymous with Educational Games, you should watch this. It will give you a pretty good idea … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesSimulations (and games) are once again ‘hot’ in education – remember the “Edutainment Era” of the 80’s? Everyone seemed to think that the way to make “learning fun” was to wrap it up in some lame game. Educational Technologists and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThis video came across my path today: YouTube – Ducks who Truck. Cute, but I pray this does NOT inspire people to go out and get a duck as a pet!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON’T!!! Every year I get people … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI am often struck by the fact that so many people who claim to be using the latest, coolest, Web 2.0 (and 3.0, whatever that is) tools are not actually doing anything new. They are merely using a new tool … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the things I keep coming up against again and again is the ‘language’ problem. Having come from computer science and only recently introduced to ‘formal’ education (I”ve been teaching at university for ~30 years), I was at first … Continue reading