On first reading, this story from a Wisconsin school district, bugs me. The district is planning to ban any communication between teachers and students on social networking sites and instant messaging services.  I realize there are two sides to every issue but to me, this represents so much of what makes school irrelevant for students. “There is absolutely...

Just four guys sitting around talking. Strangely enough, many find it mildly interesting. I apologize for more than the usual level of incoherence as I had some weird audio issues. Nonetheless my three counterparts made up for it. Listen Now 

We hear a lot about the changing role of teachers (I’m tiring of the phrases “sage on the stage” and “guide on the side”) but in reality students are still looking at the teachers as authorities. That’s not necessarily a bad thing but unquestionably it’s not all that sustainable considering the possibilities of disruptive...

This is screen splitr Screen Splitr, originally uploaded by shareski. I downloaded ScreenSplitr for the iphone to display my iphone on a screen using Apple AV cables. Previously, these cables only enabled you to play video from your iphone. Another reason to jailbreak your iphone. I may use this feature from time to time in...

The following took place on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009. All events are true. 24-time-effect 5:24 QIK recorded of me parking at the U of R. (stupid, but I was trying to figure out why the alert to twitter wasn’t working, I guess it worked) 6:25 Email from a student who said she was sick and wondered what I could do so she could participate. (Our online...