Tomorrow at a god awful hour of the morning, I board a plane that, through a series of other destinations, will eventually get me to San Francisco. At least, that’s the plan-there’s a chance the snow will decide otherwise. But most likely, I’m off to the C’s. This is not my first conference, but it [...]
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Getting ready for the C’s, planning classes
Posted: March 10, 2009 in Brainstorm, Course Design, Futurism, Pedagogy, Readings, SchoolTags: Brainstorm, Course Design, Pedagogy, research, School
Tackling the Research Question
Posted: November 3, 2008 in AI, Brainstorm, Futurism, Methods, School, writingAt the start of the semester, I had a research question planned out. It was basically asking what the future holds for technology, and how we can prepare for using that technology in the classroom. Since then, I’ve refined things a bit. And in the interest of clarity, I’ve broken it down into a list [...]
A tough week: Empiricism, the workplace, and Wicked Environment Problems
Posted: October 6, 2008 in Futurism, Methods, Readings, Review, SchoolQuite a bit of reading this week. Much of it was outside of what was assigned for class. But I’ll get back to that. First, let me talk about Mary Sue MacNealy’s Strategies for Empirical Research in Writing and the three articles I read.
Too soon to celebrate, but I have champaign on hand anyway
Posted: August 21, 2008 in Brainstorm, Futurism, Publication, Review, SchoolI’m writing this as a separate post because it isn’t set in stone. It isn’t certain. But it is possible. The long and short of it is that I may be asked to write a chapter in a book on Biomedical Defense, and that I may publish my MA thesis at least once, if not [...]
The end of the semester was coming, I had finished my thesis, and I didn’t really have any more grading to do for my classes. So I was pretty much done. But instead of just taking time to break and let my brain recharge, I picked up a pair of books. One of them was [...]
Years ago, I read K. Erik Drexler’s book Engines of Creation: The coming age of nanotechnology. Aside from the cold war paranoia in the book (and there was a lot of it), there was a lot of very intelligent talk about nanotechnology and what it could accomplish. Lately, I’ve been seeing a few science fiction [...]
Lately, I’ve been noticing a very interesting trend. In those few times when I watch TV (I’m not pretentious about it, it’s just that there is very little on that I like, and most of what I do won’t be back until the fall) I’ve noticed some commercials that are trending towards the green. Clorox [...]