Archive for March, 2006

Thank you Ann Arbor!

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Thank you Ann Arbor!
Ann Arbor is kind of full of itself, and this is a case where the exception most definitely does prove the rule. Not that I mind, necessarily (and the original posting is quite sweet), but it differs in this way from most other places where I’ve lived, with one exception.

I think I would move to this city, if it existed

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Treehugger: Velo-City: Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia
Those of us who try to ride bikes in the winter often wonder why cars get their own big right-of-way, transit riders get expensive underground subways, pedestrians get an elaborate network of underground walkways, and we, if lucky, get a white line on pavement marking a so-called bike [...]

Adventures in Ethics and Science: What (not) to do when the system is broken.

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Adventures in Ethics and Science: What (not) to do when the system is broken.
Although it was back in the dim mists of the Cretaceous era, I don’t think I ever harbored fantasies of wreaking revenge on my graduate advisors and professors. The closest I ever came (as far as I know) to experiencing this from [...]

John Bransford

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

I’m listening to a talk by John Bransford, which is quite thought-provoking. I think this posting will involve a set of links to follow up on later.
He began with a plug for his Science of Learning center, known as LIFE (learning in informal and formal environments). He began with a time-line graphic arguing that [...]

Seth’s Blog: The best presentation…

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Seth’s Blog: The best presentation might be no presentation at all. I think I’ll adapt this to my teaching from now on.
Part of a continuing series of posts on PowerPoint…