Bill Gates at the Techonomy conference discussed the future of education based on technological innovation and suggested that the prevalence of place-based education will significantly decrease within the next five years, with a shift towards online / distance learning. You can read MG Siegler’s TechCrunch post here or jump to Techonomy’s blog post for a …
I recently took a trip to Kingdom Bound at Darien Lake, NY. While there we stayed at Sleepy Hollow Lake Resort in Akron. I’ve been to Kingdom Bound a number of times over the years and have stayed at Darien Lake State Park, Skyline RV Resort, and now Sleepy Hollow. All provided a good experience …
Besides my beloved Newsweek for keeping up on the latest happenings in the world I generally keep an eye on the headlines on Yahoo‘s front-page. Today I saw an article detailing how Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are considering implementing longer school days/years for K-12 education. I find this to be disturbing on …
So, the blog has been a little quiet for the last week or so – and I apologize for the lack of notice – I was out of town…but didn’t really want to broadcast that for the entire world to know. I know, I know, my audience consists entirely of fine upstanding individuals – but …
I love dodgeball…have since I was a kid. I have a good arm. Unfortunately, its permanently messed up so I can only throw for five or ten minutes before my arm begins to ache. As a teenager I remember playing dodgeball regularly with Christian Service Brigade (CSB). We used this balls that had a tough …
Friday morning I rented a fifteen passenger van and loaded twelve teenagers along with Charity and myself into the van. We drove – including rest stops – for around twelve hours to Florence Kentucky, where we spent the night at Hyatt Place. The next morning we would drive another twenty minutes to Petersburg Kentucky, home …
Today instead of a product or service I want to share a photo I took. I love my home. While I live in the suburbs, the wildlife is everywhere. Squirrels, ducks, rabbits, robins, and all forms of little critters wander about my property. One day recently when the temperature was exceedingly hot I looked out …
[Update: We let our Newsweek subscription expire…it went downhill and downhill fast. I’m not even sure if they still publish it…] I’m big on utilizing the internet for a lot of my research. Books are quickly outdated – even magazines, especially on technology topics, are often outdated before they hit the shelves. But, despite predictions …
As I thought to myself, “I should really write a review tonight” I felt the blogging blues strike…I didn’t feel like it. But being the good blog author that I am (or want to be) I decided to plod ahead anyways. What could I review? Well I actually have so many products and services – …