Papers from my first undergraduate PS class
A blast from the past! My first political science papers from my second year at the UO. The class was comparative politics. The final project is interesting to read back on now, as my understanding of these issues has grown in ways I didn’t predict then. The assignment: You will design a developing country in [...]
#opened09 backchannel
Here’s the embedded widget for the conference backchannel chat, though I’m sure much of the discussion will be on Twitter #opened09
What sessions should I go to at #opened09?
Now that I’ve got plans all worked out to actually make it to the Open Education Conference in Vancouver next week, I’ve got to decide what to do there. Check out the schedule and leave a comment if you think I’m missing something too good to miss. http://openedconference.org/program/program-schedule-at-a-glance – conference schedule Each session is 45 [...]
Doctors and Twitter
I saw this on another page, but its spam filter was all messed up and I couldn’t post my comment, so I’m bringin’ it back home. I do not think Twitter is the appropriate tool for most of these types of actions, though I do believe hospitals should embrace web 2.0 techniques. Really, the important [...]
Web 2.0 tools that I hope more of my friends start using
Web 2.0 is better if you bring your friends along. That’s the whole point… connecting your social network to resources, information, and cheezburger cats. Social bookmarking tools: Del.icio.us is the classic, but Diigo is my new preferred social bookmarking tool, because it combines basic linking and tagging with groups and social tools. You can make [...]
The Cave (epiphany reading list #1)
This post starts a reading list of works containing epiphanies, and it starts with the classic Plato Allegory of the Cave (Book VII of The Republic).The parable is about enlightenment, and the impossibility of imagining enlightenment from human perspective. Allegory of the Cave (Wikipedia) Full Text (Google Books) “And now, I said, let me show [...]
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