education

Unbundled Lectures and the Napsterization of Education

November 18, 2012

In the US, an undergraduate education used to be an option, one way to get into the middle class. Now it’s a hostage situation, required to avoid falling out of it. And if some of the hostages having trouble coming up with the ransom conclude that our current system is a completely terrible idea, then [...]

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Seth Godin on Changes in Publishing

May 19, 2011

Seth Godin’s is a prolific writer and a champion for the book business. That’s why he wants to save it, but not in a format you would recognize. The Domino Project is a joint venture with Amazon to rethink the way books are, “built, sold and spread.” In a piece written earlier this week, Seth [...]

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Dance, Dance Wheelchair Revolution

July 1, 2009

This past weekend we headed out to the Heureka Science Center about a 20 minute train ride North of Helsinki. There are a ton of interactive, hands-on exhibits which I took photos of but this wheelchair exhibit was the most interesting. The concept is simple. The quadrants of the circle light up randomly, one at [...]

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John Maeda at Web 2.0 Expo

April 3, 2009

One of my favorite presentations from this past week’s Web 2.0 Expo is now online. John Maeda, a designer & interactive artist, is now at the Rhode Island School of Design after spending time at the MIT Media Lab.

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Yahoo Developer Network, Points for Style

March 17, 2009

Dan Theurer, one of the original evangelists of the Yahoo Developer Network, gave a talk (which I unfortunately did not attend) about lessons learned from building YDN. His slides are well worth a glance for anyone interested in building a developer community around their APIs. Lessons Learned – Building YDN View more presentations from Dan [...]

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Nutrition education lunch boxes have high levels of lead

September 23, 2007

In an ironic twist of fate, 56,000 lunch boxes distributed by California’s Department of Public Health with the logo Eat Fruits & Vegetables and be Active were found to contain high levels of lead paint. Yes, these were manufactured in China. A full recall is underway.

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Cool Little Trick for Multiplication

August 30, 2007

What’s 23 x 33? Here’s a visual way to solve the problem. Draw 2 lines and then 3 lines to represent 23 and cross them with 3 lines followed by another 3 lines for 33 as in the drawing above. Add up the number of intersections in each corner of the square as if they [...]

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Julia’s last day at school

June 1, 2006

Julia had her last day of pre-school last week. Here’s a photo of her with one of her teachers, “Miss Michelle.”

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Open House

May 31, 2006

Scenes from Tyler’s open house where parents got to wander around and see what our kids have been up to for the past year. For his big project, Tyler created a planet where “math would be different” and “2+2=22 and 4+4=44″

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Tyler’s First Grade Report Card

November 28, 2005

Tyler is at grade level in all areas. He is well behaved and well like by others. He is a hard worker. He only needs improvement in working quietly at his seat. He talks a lot and is very interested in what others are doing. He needs to take his time with his handwriting and [...]

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