Radio Shack’s new campaign, “Do Stuff” caught my eye tonight with a TV spot that combined a remote control truck, digital camera, and video iPod. RadioShack.com even has the project outlined under Caroling 2.0 howto on their website. What I like about this campaign: Cheeky (I think) use of the “2.0″ tag. Clever mashup. Instructions [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Don’t remember where I first heard of the Gearfire Student Productivity blog I’m thrilled for the referral. One post this week really impressed me: “4 ways to use Wikipedia (hint: never cite it)“. When I hear Wikipedia bias, the less damaging type usually goes something like “high school students shouldn’t cite an encyclopedia in research [...]
Teachers never play favorites, right? We love all our students equally. And all our courses equally, too? Problem is, I’m having far more fun teaching one particular course this semester. It’s a semester-long study of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. A little background: This class is coded as a technology course with the [...]
I quite enjoyed “Become a Del.icio.us Power User” over at Web Worker Daily; especially the power tip to use a “review” tag for stuff you want to look at soon. I’d add a power-power tip: use the tag, then subscribe over RSS to your own reminder tag. The review+subscribe combo is a lot like what [...]
The Georgia Independent Schools Association (GISA) annual conference happened today in Atlanta. This is my first year attending the conference because this is the first year my employer has been a member. Above: The Lovett School in Atlanta, host of the GISA Annual Conference. I attended a math session in the morning and presented my [...]
