After attending the midwest Tech Forum for the first time April 24, I can heartily recommend it as a good, accessible, one-day conference to keep up to speed with technology integration, management, and leadership. A series of effective, well-paced presentations were punctuated by opportunities for professional network, chats with vendors, round table discussions, and enjoying [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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An update today from the folks at Wired reviews several math games for kids available for the iPhone. I also heard that a pair of techno-precocious Lab students have gotten approval to sell a math game iPhone app they developed. It’s fascinating to watch disruptive technologies blur the boundaries between computers, phones, and gaming [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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A lot of the online safety materials out there for schools to use in talking with parents operate at a pretty low level of critical thinking. Fear plays a prominent role — fear of online predation, fear of inappropriate content on social networking sites being examined by prospective employers or college admissions committees, fear of [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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An NBA player got in trouble with his coach for twittering during halftime.
Jurors are doing web research on handheld devices during trials.
Bloggers like me can call in audio blog posts to the mobile blogging platform Tumblr.
In schools, we are only beginning to understand how disruptive these technologies already are and how much more so they [...]
Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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I’ve enjoyed starting to use Tumblr, a moblogging tool with some more capabilities than Twitter and the cleanest, easiest interface I’ve seen. It doesn’t integrate with WordPress (yet?), so it’s in my blogroll below. Its title is “In the Moment: Hailstones from the Infostorm.” I use it for those quick items that strike me as [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Curt Lieneck
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A lot of good things come in threes: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker made Cream a supergroup for the ages. Celery, bell pepper, and onion, the “trinity” of cajun and creole dishes. Larry, Moe, and Curly (sorry, Shemp fans). Tinker to Evers to Chance. Shake, rattle, and roll. Bacon, lettuce, and tomato.
The [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Curt Lieneck
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