Archive for July, 2007

How Technology is Coming Full Circle

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 Posted in Trends, Motivation | No Comments »

Coming full circle. It's a phenomena experienced around the world. It is especially true within self-improvement. You start out by venturing into new territory and doing something out of your ... Read more..

Wake Up and Smell the Big Picture

Monday, July 30th, 2007 Posted in Motivation | 2 Comments »

YouTube Video - Did You Know 2.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U It's one of those videos that gives me a natural high. Let's hope the high leaves dents in our mind. Healthy ones. The world ... Read more..

First Impressions of Scratch

Monday, July 30th, 2007 Posted in Software | 2 Comments »

I was reading Wesley Fryer's post on getting his first Scratch lesson from his 9 year old. It piqued my interest because I had heard of this application awhile back ... Read more..

Why Web 2.0 is a Joke

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 Posted in Rant | No Comments »

This isn't your typical post about Web 2.0. I'm not going to argue that it's a gimmick. I'm not even going to argue that it's this super awesome community based ... Read more..

How to Revolutionize Education Part 1

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 Posted in Change | No Comments »

This is the first of several posts that pretty much puts down what I currently think needs to happen for real change to happen. I see many people trying to ... Read more..

How to Improve School Systems by Playing Video Games

Friday, July 27th, 2007 Posted in Brain, Video Games | No Comments »

This post is inspired by Discover Magazine's article, "This is Your Brain on Video Games". I am seeing more and more articles on how video games affect the brain in ... Read more..

How I became Passionate about Educational Technology

Friday, July 27th, 2007 Posted in Personal | 3 Comments »

I woke up one day and decided this was my calling for life. Just like that huh? Yeah, just like that. It's just one of those intuitive feelings I had. ... Read more..