In no particular order, here are some folks that I’ve met with a note on how they’ve made an impact on me. Bradley Cohen – Trained as a philospher, he’s been in the IT world for a number of years. He did doctoral work at UNC, and is now at UMinnesota. He is very articulate, [...]

Today we had the University of Colorado at Boulder Interactive Theatre Troop perform for us. It was amazing on a couple of levels. I should explain that interactive theatre is (as I understand it) an experience where the actors engage in a short play, then stay in character while audience members ask questions and interact [...]

…and you should care (OK, maybe not care like I do, but at least be aware) for two reasons: 1. Our students will have these devices (despite the high sticker price) and will be “plugged in” (and maybe “tuned out”) more than ever. 2. This device represents a very significant advancement in mobile devices. It [...]

The ever-popular Wikipedia has taken a lot of heat for its use by students as source material. Enter Citizendium, which bills itself as a “citizens’ compendium of everything” and was started by the Wikipedia folks. The difference? Citizendium requires contributors to provide a name and credentials, unlike Wikipedia, which accepts anonymous contributions. Tweet

Tiny URL is a service that lets you create a really short web address that will point to really long web address. It’s a free service. Tweet

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