Projects in Digital Archives – Jeremy Hunsinger’s Homepage: Projects in Digital Archives —– here is my new projects in digital archives course, it is significantly re-envisioned to meet more of the students technical questions. It moved away from its basis in archival theory and more into practice based technical learning.
Read Morethink:lab: “The Future of Learning” Manifesto: “The Future of Learning” Manifesto —— Well the first issue of learning inquiry is entitled Futures of Learning… it should be out in april… so this seems interesting to me…
Read MoreOpinionJournal – Extra: The university system has also become efficient in shipping large numbers of the most talented high-school graduates to the most prestigious schools. The allocation of this human capital can be criticized–it would probably be better for the nation if more of the gifted went into the sciences and fewer into the law. […]
Read MoreHow the Body Shapes the Way We Think: “How the Body Shapes the Way We Think – A New View of Intelligence” —– ummm did someone miss the whole of phenomenology? it looks that way….
Read MoreAlterNet: The Radical Christian Right Is Built on Suburban Despair: Millions of Americans live trapped in soulless exurbs which lack any kind of community, leaving them feeling isolated and vulnerable. Without alternatives for their social despair, they flock to demagogues promising revenge and a mythical utopia. —– the problem is…. that this is probably true…
Read MoreBlinded by Science: The Real Reason We Can’t Find bin Laden – – science news articles online technology magazine articles Blinded by Science: The Real Reason We Can’t Find bin Laden: uncap my pen this morning in defense of a fellow American, one who finds himself rather up against it at the moment. I speak […]
Read MoreLearning Librarians Network: Learning Librarians Network An Educational Social Networking Service for Library and Information School Students ——– part of what i’m using to teach courses this semester. it is an elgg install.
Read MoreAdultery could mean life | Battle Creek Enquirer – www.battlecreekenquirer.com – Battle Creek, Mich.: In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan’s second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life in prison. “We cannot help but […]
Read MoreOpinionJournal – Extra: While concepts such as “emotional intelligence” and “multiple intelligences” have their uses, a century of psychometric evidence has been augmented over the last decade by a growing body of neuroscientific evidence. Like it or not, g exists, is grounded in the architecture and neural functioning of the brain, and is the raw […]
Read MoreTinderbox ☙ Yojimbo: Wow!: It’s nice to surprise a reporter. Merlin Mann was interviewing Patrick Woolsey, COO of BareBones, on the floor at MacWorld Expo (video here) for MacBreak. They’re talking about Yojimbo, which Patrick calls “a digital junk drawer  a place to store all that stuff that, otherwise, is going to accumulate on […]
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