Have we really evolved beyond the days of throwing the Christians to the Lions?

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy now almost everyone online is familiar with the wonderful story of Susan Doyle. There are many interesting dimensions to this story, like the one discussed by Henry Jenkins having to do with how quickly the world came to know … Continue reading

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

It’s all a matter of point of view…

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutefor a computer scientist, everything is an algorithm. to a musician, everything is a song. to a writer, everything is a story. to thespians, everything is a play. to a film-maker, everything is a movie. to an educator, everything is … Continue reading

Refereeing as an Art

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI like this explanation. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading

What’s the Difference Between a College and University?

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesOR: Growing Pains: How to Evolve from a College into a University And, in particular, how to become a university of which everyone can be proud. I’ve been pondering this question as I am now at an institution (which I … Continue reading