Because I have to say something about learning objects.
My last post was an excuse for this post which will probably suck (don’t all of my posts suck?). I have been reading Wiley’s ideas about learning objects. This is motivated by the…
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Whose objects are these?
I have been reading through more of Dave Wiley’s learning objects text book so that I can claim to be doing something vaguely academic. I’ll write more about learning objects and…
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Sleep is critical for learning
I knew I wasn’t just a lazy butt. Sleep is critical for learning and for productivity. Next time I am late for work just keep in mind that I am working towards being more…
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WOW, The Internet Archive
One of the most impressive presentations giving at the Instructional Technology conference was not attended by nearly enough people. Stewart Cheifet explained in detail the…
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Sustaining Open Content
The Instructional Technology conference has been great thus far. I usually measure great based on the food. We at at Hamilton’s last night. Great food. Great conference. There is…
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Well you’re a genius
I like to listen to NPR on the way in to work. This morning they ran a piece discussing what is Genius. It was especially interesting since it the commentator pointed out that…
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who knew?
I grew up in Idaho. It is a great place, really. There are LOTs of places to visit where for and entire day you can wander through the wilderness and not see another soul. It is…
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study what you like cause it will come back to haunt you.
One frequent conversation amongst engineers entails the bragging of how hard their undergrad education was. This is usually measured by two factors: How poorly the class performed…
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Learn this, no this, no this
I have been a programmer for a few years. During that time I went from “Bill Gates is the antiChrist” to Microsoft isn’t so bad to I just don’t care give me money. Programmers are…
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This will kill me
So I am eating fried stuff from the local deli. I think my tongue is going numb. I am sure this stuff will kill me, but dangit I only paid $2.50 for lunch. Funny how economics…
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This shouldn’t be so @#!&! hard
So as is typical in Utah I moved into my house with an unfinished basement and now to “save money” I am finishing it myself. That’s a bit of an overstatement. I am actually…
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Domain camping and the debate about the about me
So I have owned this domain name for several years now and haven’t done anything with it which is something I really should be ashamed of (I’m not). There are other people out…