tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115199532024-03-05T13:50:53.510-08:00Dreamer Scholar PragmatistRamblings of a husband, father, teacher, mentor, friend sparked by confrontation with REALITYScott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-30130011239123450902009-07-23T20:38:00.000-07:002009-07-24T09:08:14.474-07:002009 Sports Medicine Symposium<div style="display: inline;"><iframe src="http://ccssi.eventbrite.com?ref=eweb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="5" marginheight="5" vspace="0" hspace="0" width="750" height="1000" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="auto"></iframe><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/r/eweb"><img src="http://www.eventbrite.com/s.gif" alt="Events" border="0"/></a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-42223627030490662842009-05-14T15:13:00.000-07:002009-05-14T15:14:13.171-07:00NEW GRADS vs. EXPERIENCED WORKERSThis is a great piece from Sarah Sladek's enewsletter. It has some great suggestions for us all. Enjoy!<br /><br />"In the tug-of-war for talent, it's the new college grad versus the experienced worker. Usually, in the game of tug-of-war one side is pulled into a humiliating, muddy loss. But in this round, it seems as if both generations are getting dragged through the mud.<br /><br />A whopping 1.5 million undergraduates will receive their bachelor’s degrees this year. They will collide with 1.85 million workers who are currently unemployed, in large part because of widespread layoffs. <br /><br />Media critics and bloggers the world over are choosing sides and advising employers on which demographic to hire. Some say retain older workers, others say recruit younger workers. But everyone has an opinion one way or the other.<br /><br />In fact, when The New York Times posted a blog last month titled 'Older Workers Need Not Apply', the post received hundreds of comments, criticizing everything from older workers’ technology deficits to young people’s yoga breaks. (More mud-slinging.)<br /><br />But not only do today's job-seekers have to worry about combatting negative stereotypes, they also have to try to conceal their age. As I have read the which-generation-is-the-best-to-hire debates in this tug-of-war, I've noticed that advice-givers are encouraging job seekers to do anything but act their own age.<br /><br />Here are a few of the interviewing tips I've recently read. (Yes, these are actual tips gleaned from job-related articles!)<br /><br />For the new grad: Act older.<br /><br /> * Don't have your parents call us. Helicopter parents won't help your situation.<br /> <br /> * Be mature. Show us that you can turn on the professionalism in a way we wouldn't expect from a 22-year-old. <br /> <br /> * Dress appropriately. No one who wants to be taken seriously should be wearing anything low-rise or low-cut to an interview. Ditto for Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirts and flip flops.<br /> <br /> * Your sky-high ambitions (and salary expectations) are meaningless. Prospective employers don’t want to know how they can fulfill your life. They want a compelling reason as to why they should hire you and what you bring to the table. <br /> <br /> * Never ask about a company's declining stock. A question like this reveals to a prospective boss that you are either (a) preoccupied with the idea that the company is tanking or (b) preoccupied with details of the company that are way beyond the scope of the position at hand. Either way the question definitely does not scream, “Hire me! I’ll be easy to manage!"<br /><br />For the experienced worker: Act younger.<br /><br /> * Make us believe you're tech savvy. Get on Facebook and Twitter. Learn how to text. <br /> <br /> * Don’t show up with a newspaper. Young people get their news online--they don't read newspapers. So don't carry one into an interview with you or be seen reading it at the office like someone's mom or dad (even if you are someone's mom or dad). <br /> <br /> * Rarely refer to your children. Never refer to your grandchildren. Never ever refer to your great-grandchildren.<br /> <br /> * Don't refer to young people as ‘kids’. Referring to younger co-workers (or young interviewers) as ‘kids’ will catapult you into instant elderly status. <br /> <br /> * Make an effort to look young. If it’s been a while since you suited up for an interview, don’t show up wearing polyester or shoulder pads. Dress according to current fashions and get a current hairstyle. Men should trim nose and ear hair. Use Crest Whitestrips beforehand to brighten your teeth.<br /><br />This trend of interviewing older or younger is a reminder that no one is feeling secure in their futures. Unfortunately, it's also yet another way we're pitting generations against one another and widening the gap.<br /><br />Let's face it--with a national unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, finding a job is not easy for anyone. And we're making it worse by lumping job-seekers into generational categories, rather than assessing individuals for their unique skills and qualifications.<br /><br />In short, everyone is walking around with mud on their face and it's a big disgrace.<br /><br />The sooner we realize each generation has something of value to offer and we stop trying to value one generation over the other, the sooner everyone can quit obsessing about age, start rebuilding relationships, and get back to business."<br /> <br /><br /> * Want to learn more? Here are two events you don't want to miss!<br /> (Click titles for more information)<br /> How and Why Y: Recruiting and Retaining the Next Generation<br /> Keeping Your Association 'Cutting Edge' webinar<br /> * And watch for your e-invite to the nation's first generation-themed business conference -- the RockStars@WorkConference -- to arrive next week!<br /><br />Sarah L. Sladek, President & CEO<br />ssladek@limelightgenerations.com"Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-29638401704727225152009-03-12T10:36:00.000-07:002009-03-12T10:38:09.819-07:00Bits: Using Technology to Skip the Doctor’s Office<span style="font-style:italic;">Technology<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bits: Using Technology to Skip the Doctor’s Office<br />By By Steve Lohr<br />Published: March 10, 2009</span><br /><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/using-technology-to-skip-the-doctors-office/">Visits to the doctor's office can be significantly reduced in practices that use electronic health records and secure e-mail messages between physicians and patients.</a>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-89859129652111348072009-01-27T09:40:00.000-08:002009-01-27T09:41:08.156-08:00Taxing Situations<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8btItth-9fM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8btItth-9fM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I thought government was to protect our liberties. It seems to charge a lot for those services.Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-6560598705677425922009-01-16T13:02:00.001-08:002009-01-16T13:04:27.055-08:00Operation Santa Video created by Josh Kinabrew<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQRoI4FRx-s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQRoI4FRx-s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />This was a great event that took me into a wonderful Christmas season. Josh Kinabrew pulled together photos we took and created this powerful piece. Enjoy and re-focus.Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-75945054892442080972009-01-09T07:20:00.000-08:002009-01-09T07:23:18.217-08:00Operation Santa Claus 2008<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=21002628@N02&set_id=72157611386722765&tags=newcov,newcovenantcommunitychurch,fresno,santa" frameBorder="0" width="500" height="500" scrolling="no"></iframe><br/><small>Created with <a href="http://www.admarket.se" title="Admarket.se">Admarket's</a> <a href="http://flickrslidr.com" title="flickrSLiDR">flickrSLiDR</a>.</small><br /><br />These are photos from a neat event which took place near downtown Fresno on Valeria. Several hundred presents were given away as well as hot dogs being provided by Celebrate Recovery at New Covenant Community Church. This was truely a team effort as men, women, and kids all got involved in this special event.Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-74076667682191966912009-01-07T15:24:00.000-08:002009-01-07T15:26:00.703-08:00Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard<embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer2/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="355" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/92328/video&autostart=false&image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/NO_KEYBOARD_article.jpg&bufferlength=3&embedded=true&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Revolutionary%20New%20Laptop%20With%20No%20Keyboard"></embed><br/><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=embedded_video">Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard</a>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com185tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-91841055633036721112008-12-10T08:37:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:38:10.506-08:00GPS, hidden cameras watching over Baby Jesus<blockquote cite="http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/R/REL_BABY_JESUS_AND_GPS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-10-07-47-28">By ERIC GORSKIAP <br />Religion Writer AP <br /><br />When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn't follow a star to locate him.A GPS device mounted inside the life-size ceramic figurine led sheriff's deputies to a nearby apartment, where it was found face down on the carpet. An 18-year-old woman was arrested in the theft.</blockquote><cite cite="http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/R/REL_BABY_JESUS_AND_GPS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-10-07-47-28"><a href="http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/R/REL_BABY_JESUS_AND_GPS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-10-07-47-28">Wired News - AP News</a></cite>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-27791696846477588702008-11-19T07:23:00.000-08:002008-11-19T07:27:17.619-08:00ThatsMyFace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ssite.thatsmyface.com/images/stories/products/thatsmyface_facemask_don_frontal_logo_300.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 227px;" src="http://ssite.thatsmyface.com/images/stories/products/thatsmyface_facemask_don_frontal_logo_300.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />ThatsMyFace offers your own 3D face from two images<br /><br />by Matthew Humphries posted on November 19, 2008 8:30 am<br /><br /><br /><br />If you’ve ever wondered what you’d look like in a few years time, or when you start getting really old, then ThatsMyFace.com may be able to help. They have introduced a service where they will produce a 3D image of your face taken from just two pictures you upload.<br /><br />The production of the face is free and just requires a shot of your face looking into the camera, and one of your side profile. This is then converted into a 3D mask for you to view. After that you can start doing some manipulating including the following options:<br /><br /> * Find out what you look like at age 20, 40, or 60<br /> * Change yourself to be African, Indian, Asian, or Caucasian<br /> * Change you gender<br /> * Produce a caricature of your face to highlight the distinctive features<br /> * Be shown your facial asymmetries<br /> * Be awarded an attractiveness rating<br /> * Locate other people who look very similar to your face<br /><br />ThatsMyFace also aim to make some money out of this service by offering you the chance to buy your face in a number of different guises. These include having it lasered into a glass cube for US$29, a plastic face mask for US$49 that looks very real, and printing it on a number of items such as t-shirts, bags, or a hat. They are also branching out via relationships with other companies to offer you cosmetic surgery, or photographic services.<br /><br />The 3D mask in plastic looks very eerie in the YouTube video. It would probably freak a few people out if you wore it and then took it off to reveal the same face. As it’s a free service I’m very tempted to try it out just to see how their aging process works. I’m not sure about the gender change option though.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This is a cool app. Imagine making a mask of someone's face and then totally messing around with it, etc. This could be fun.<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-8344588632670371982008-11-14T12:33:00.001-08:002008-11-14T12:34:02.228-08:00Space Station residents to drink recycled urine | Gaming and Culture - CNET NewsIf you're the kind of person who wants to do research on the International Space Station, it appears that you may need to cross some boundaries of taste many of us wouldn't even consider.According to a BBC News story Friday, the crew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, which is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday afternoon, will be handing off to their Space Station colleagues a water regeneration system designed to, among other things, recycle urine for reuse as fresh water.The system, which will ionize, filter, distill, and oxidize wastewater, "will make yesterday's coffee into today's coffee," one astronaut told the BBC.The idea behind the $250 million system seems to have been to figure out a way to ensure that residents of the Space Station had a supply of fresh water. To date, the Space Station has had the luxury of getting water deliveries from newly arrived Space Shuttles. But the Shuttle program is slated for retirement after 2010, and that looks to end the program's role as, among other things, the Space Station's personal water truck.Still, the system won't be implemented right away. First, NASA wants to be sure that it works, as designed, in a zero-gravity environment.On Earth, astronaut testers are apparently convinced that the filtration technology works just fine."Some people may think it's downright disgusting," Endeavor astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper told the BBC, "but if it's done correctly, you process water that's purer than what you drink here on Earth."Some who have tried the recycled water did report a faint taste of iodine, but they didn't see that as a problem."Other than that, it is just as refreshing as any other kind of water," said Bob Bagdigian, who ran the system's development. "I've got some in my fridge. It tastes fine to me."Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between. E-mail Daniel. <br /><br />Space Station residents to drink recycled urine | Gaming and Culture - CNET NewsScott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-23393555269223995162008-11-12T08:09:00.000-08:002008-11-12T08:10:26.684-08:00Teaching with Twitter - Chronicle.com<blockquote cite="http://chronicle.com/media/video/v54/i25/twitter/">Teaching With Twitter<br /><br /><embed class='castfire_player' id='cf_41f00' name='cf_41f00' width='320' height='280' src='http://p.castfire.com/MfFMz/video/7725/video_2008-02-21-194555.flv' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowFullScreen='true'></embed><br /><br />David Parry, a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, talks about using Twitter, a new messaging service, for his courses.<br /><br />A new service that allows people to send notes to a set list of recipients' cellphones is being used as a teaching tool by some professors and college librarians.</blockquote><cite cite="http://chronicle.com/media/video/v54/i25/twitter/"><a href="http://chronicle.com/media/video/v54/i25/twitter/">Video: Teaching With Twitter - Chronicle.com</a></cite>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-86235599644940287292008-10-24T09:14:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:29:03.903-07:00National Anthem at Texas Tech UniversityThis was at Texas Tech University basketball game, February 9th. The National Anthem is sung by five young ladies (ages 6-8). You have never heard it performed better than this! An entire arena remains completely silent throughout the song. You could hear a pin drop. Take a moment to listen to this. Trust me, you will not regret it.<br /><br />The two young ladies on the right are six years old. The two in the middle are seven and the one on the left is eight.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYDgOSkdpLO6e9JYl2RPBlnQZu7MZHJTQWQy6kdcslB3TXVnaul5YSbnDS3l6ahjHktZNMKALCy8E' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-67254628042221618842008-10-23T16:38:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:42:30.236-07:00Today: iPod. Tomorrow: iBangle.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ibangle7.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 365px;" src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ibangle7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ibangle.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 327px;" src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ibangle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Today: iPod. Tomorrow: iBangle.</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"> by Shaan Kirpalani posted on October 22, 2008 2:40 pm</span><br /><br /> Designer Gopinath Prasana reveals a fashionable future for the world’s most popular gadget with his conceptual iBangle. The device/fashion accessory is a thin aluminum bracelet complete with a multi-function trackpad, a wireless headset, and an inflatable cushion to ensure a perfect fit. Oh, and don’t forget an iconic Apple logo.Its like those Tiffany’s bracelets every sorority girl in America had/has with utility. I think it’s a great idea, but I seriously doubt that consumers would by into such frivolous trinketry. Ha! Wait until the Japanese get their hands on these things, Apple will make billions. Pretty durn ingenious.<br /><br />Today: iPod. Tomorrow: iBangle. | Geek.comScott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-27556322600983770162008-10-23T09:05:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:11:36.356-07:00Outside the Lines: Second Impact Syndrome<object width="440" height="361"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3651929"/><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><br /><embed src="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3651929" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="always" width="440" height="361"></embed><br /></object><br /><br />The best comment I hear in this video was the one at the end - If you can't afford to have a certified athletic trainer on site then you shouldn't have the sport." We would not allow the players to participate if we could not afford helmets - would we?<br /><br />If we "the taxpayer" are going to pay JaQuan Waller's mother a couple million dollars (like she deserves yet will not be sufficient to replace her son) then we could have paid 35 years of an athletic trainer's salary at $57,000 per year. And just imagine, that ATC would be on site for other injuries also.<br /><br />Love to hear your comments. Enjoy!Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-27274948997050798762008-10-20T08:22:00.001-07:002008-10-20T08:22:25.383-07:00ESPN - Outside the Lines<blockquote cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/">HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DEATHS<br />Tad Gormley <br /><br />For 16-year-old Jaquan Waller, his passion for football ended in tragedy last month. After just two carries in a high school football game, the junior running back from Greenville, North Carolina collapsed on the sideline and was declared brain dead the following morning. This after being cleared to play following a head injury in practice two days prior. Waller died from complications of second impact syndrome (SIS), when a second concussion occurs before the first one has completely healed. Sunday on Outside the Lines, David Amber examines the need for Certified Athletic Trainers to protect high school football players.</blockquote><cite cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/"><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/">ESPN - Outside the Lines</a></cite><br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-59214869141468975912008-10-15T14:33:00.001-07:002008-10-15T14:33:15.635-07:00Tatango makes sending group voice messages free | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET<blockquote cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10066712-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">Tatango, the Seattle-based start-up specializing in connecting groups of people through text messaging, announced the launch of Tatango Voice, a service that will let users make free calls to other members within the group they create on Tatango's service.Using Tatango Voice, group leaders can record and send a free voice message to all the mobile phones in their group, which Tatango claims will eliminate the need for complex phone trees. Once the group leader records the call, other group members receive a text message alerting them to the waiting call. To listen to the recording, group members need only to reply to the text message with the word "call" and it will be delivered to their phone."Text messaging is great for certain types of group messages, but sometimes a group needs a little more room to convey their message" said Derek Johnson, CEO of Tatango. "By adding voice to our existing set of group communication tools, we've developed the most complete, powerful, user-friendly system available, no matter what type of message."Tatango Voice is free to use and will work on any mobile phone, but there's one caveat: each call is preceded by a 7-second advertisement. Granted, 7 seconds probably won't be enough to push users away, but with competitors like 3jam and Dean Alert offering similar services, it could make users want to try out other options before they pick which is best for them.</blockquote><cite cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10066712-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10066712-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">Tatango makes sending group voice messages free | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET</a></cite><br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-30729417118948378572008-10-15T08:30:00.001-07:002008-10-15T08:30:19.989-07:00Web 2.0: Good for Education?<blockquote cite="http://campustechnology.com/articles/68503/"><span style="font-style: italic;">10/15/2008</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /><span style="font-style: italic;">By Trent Batson</span><br /><br />Web 2.0, coined as a descriptor 4 years ago, describes a moment in history when we let go of print. Information technology became so prevalent and convenient that we could throw out books and read our news online instead of in print. We could listen to music and watch movies, share family albums, develop cadres of friends, and develop a life online with comfort.Web 2.0 is defined technically, to be sure, as AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML), moving the desktop to the Web, virtualization, data and functionality in different places, and so on, but from the distance of years, we'll look back at Web 2.0 as the moment our culture made the digital move. We might call it something different at that later time, but for now we use the shorthand "Web 2.0."Here is what this era means for higher education: - More interaction between knowers and learners occurs online rather than in a room - More continuity between learning meetings during a course of study and after the course is over - More active learning opportunities are available - The "Gap Year" and the organizers of gap year experiences, and other developments, call into question the need for certification of all formal learning; evidence of the experience may be sufficient (or better!) - A shift in the fundamental perception of learning from, ugh, content delivery, to a guided learning process - More recognition of and scaffolding on what students already know - Collection of evidence of student learning online that is owned by the student - The learning process is associated with the learnerThose are some positive trends. Other trends: - A deluge of unfiltered information without mature consensus methodologies to handle the deluge - Transience of knowledge as opinion-producers gain currency more quickly each day than ever before - Gap between upper-echelon institutions that are able to adapt to Web 2.0 trends and the rest of higher education - K-12 schools may be even less able to adapt, not just because of less technology access but because of the massive curricular, standards, and testing structures in place that are based largely on pre-Web 2.0 learning assumptions. K-12 schools, quite reasonably, also can't open the gates for broad-scale interaction on the Web - The education enterprise is merely reactive to industry developments; it must instead lead; and educators by and large are resistant; they must instead find opportunities for positive change"Leading" and "positive change" do not mean merely adopting technology initiatives, but instead mounting institutional reform initiatives. Every part of the institution is affected by the re-structuring of how our culture develops knowledge. Changing how students interface with cultural knowledge puts us educators back on our heels. When you re-envision learning to mean not students sitting and listening to an expert but instead to mean students gathering evidence of their learning under the guidance of an expert, all enterprise humans systems must be re-oriented.When I went through high school, memorization was still stressed even though printed materials had been widely available for four centuries, making memorization moot. Four hundred years for print to be fully incorporated into our beliefs about learning! We can do better than that.Trent Batson, Ph.D. has served as an English professor, director of academic computing, and has been an IT leader since the mid-1980s. He is currently a Communication Strategist in the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at MIT. batsontr@mit.edu</blockquote><cite cite="http://campustechnology.com/articles/68503/"><a href="http://campustechnology.com/articles/68503/">Web 2.0: Good for Education?</a></cite><br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-41133696188672792252008-10-13T08:20:00.001-07:002008-10-13T08:20:30.716-07:00YouTube - Ladies & Gentlemen - Opener at North PointMy buddy Randy Parker posted this from North Point in Atlanta. This rocks. Enjoy!<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DPSWWRdZoo">YouTube - Ladies & Gentlemen - Opener at North Point</a> <br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DPSWWRdZoo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DPSWWRdZoo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-8394225991942053622008-10-11T11:23:00.001-07:002008-10-11T11:23:49.938-07:00Oxford and Cambridge Universities sign up to iTunes U | Geek.com<blockquote cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/oxford-and-cambridge-universities-sign-up-to-itunes-u-20081010/">The iTunes U service has been running for a while now and allows education institutes to easily make course content available through iTunes. Students can then download that content on to their digital media players or PCs.In the UK the Open University and University College of London are already signed up, but now both Oxford and Cambridge Universities are also joining in. On offer will be lectures, teaching materials, and interviews. Cambridge University is also making available podcasts from well-known scientists including Dr Chris Smith from The Naked Scientists. In total they will make over 300 audio and video clips available.These resources aren’t limited to students though, anyone can download and use them to learn. You can visit both the Oxford iTunes U area and the Cambridge iTunes U area if you have iTunes installed and learn more about the available content.Read more at the Cambridge University press release, found via ITProPortal.com</blockquote><cite cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/oxford-and-cambridge-universities-sign-up-to-itunes-u-20081010/"><a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/oxford-and-cambridge-universities-sign-up-to-itunes-u-20081010/">Oxford and Cambridge Universities sign up to iTunes U | Geek.com</a><br /><br />I think this goes along with what my position on this subject has been - Universities sell degrees and don't have an exclusive corner on information. Why not give away the information? Even if I watch an entire semester of classes I still can't say I graduated from Oxford (Which is a really cool place. I happened to go there this last summer.)<br /></cite><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com254tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-83428655819174301772008-10-11T11:09:00.001-07:002008-10-11T11:09:30.658-07:00These polo shirts are fashionable and stop bullets | Geek.com<blockquote cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/these-polo-shirts-are-fashonable-and-stop-bullets-20081010/"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/polo_armor-440-x-568.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 0pt 0pt; float: left;" title="" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you work in dangerous places where you need the lifesaving protection of bullet proof clothing, I’m sure you never thought for one second, “Does this bulletproof vest make me look fat?” Well, if you happen to be the rare exception that constantly worries about your fashion sense, a bullet proof armor vendor has a polo shirt that lets you look your best while protecting vital organs at the same time.</blockquote><cite cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/these-polo-shirts-are-fashonable-and-stop-bullets-20081010/"><a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/these-polo-shirts-are-fashonable-and-stop-bullets-20081010/">These polo shirts are fashionable and stop bullets | Geek.com</a></cite><br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-62299217542646621692008-10-08T13:19:00.001-07:002008-10-08T13:19:11.892-07:00Findings - Energy Lessons From the ’70s - Hard Power vs. Soft Power - NYTimes.com<blockquote cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Gift From the ’70s: Energy Lessons</span><br /><br />By JOHN TIERNEY<br />Published: October 6, 2008<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The presidential candidates claim to see America’s energy future, but their competing visions have a certain vintage quality. They’ve revived that classic debate: the hard path versus the soft path."</span><br /><br />I was not clear on what "hard power v. soft power" referred to. This is a very interesting article and blows up some of the "commonly held" beliefs that have been presented to me as "fact" in the past. Enjoy!<br /></blockquote><cite cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin">Findings - Energy Lessons From the ’70s - Hard Power vs. Soft Power - NYTimes.com</a></cite><br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-21965622071755899282008-10-07T13:01:00.001-07:002008-10-07T13:01:54.356-07:00The new face of giving - USATODAY.com<div class="byLine" id="byLineTag">By <a class="linkedBylineName" href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=25">Andrea Stone</a>, USA TODAY</div> <div class="inside-copy">A charity that provides water to African villages posts locations of new wells using Google Earth, and a 13-year-old contributor in Manhattan tracks the progress.</div> <p class="inside-copy">A cancer charity accepts "micro-donations" of $5 by text message.</p> <p class="inside-copy">An orchestra in Michigan begins posting videos of its performances on YouTube to try to draw patrons.</p> <p class="inside-copy">The United States long has been a nation of givers, but a new generation is transforming the way we do good. Millennials and Generation Xers, especially those 20- and 30-somethings starting careers, may not have the bucks to be major donors, but they are finding ways to help others and prompting big changes in the way charities raise money.</p>Read more - <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/charity/2008-10-07-newface-giving_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip">The new face of giving - USATODAY.com</a> <br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-86810188857680380492008-10-07T12:34:00.001-07:002008-10-07T12:34:33.247-07:00Social Sciences and Society - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com<blockquote cite="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/"><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/see-a-pattern-here/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to See a Pattern on Wall Street?">See a Pattern on Wall Street?</a></h3> <!-- By line --><br /> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/author/john-tierney/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by John Tierney">John Tierney</a></address><br />Take a look at the two blurry images below. Can you see an object hidden in each one?<br /><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/02/science/tierneylab480.jpg" /><br /><br />Before I give the answers, here’s another question: Do you feel a certain lack of control over events right now? <br /><p>These questions are not unrelated, according to <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/">a report in the new issue of Science</a><br />by Jennifer Whitson and Adam Galinsky. The researchers found that when<br />people were primed to feel out of control, they were more likely to see<br />patterns where none exist. They would spot an object in each of the<br />images above, even though only the image on the right contains one (the<br />outline of Saturn and its rings). If you thought you saw something in<br />the image on the left, don’t be too hard on yourself — your feeling may<br />be perfectly understandable given the chaos on Wall Street. </p><br /></blockquote><cite cite="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/"><a href="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/">Social Sciences and Society - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com</a></cite><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-52441759955439753322008-10-04T23:54:00.001-07:002008-10-04T23:54:42.458-07:00TeamSmile 2008 @ Fresno State<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=21002628@N02&set_id=72157607733732164&tags=teamsmile,dental,fresnostate" frameBorder="0" width="400" height="400" scrolling="no"></iframe><br/><small>Created with <a href="http://www.admarket.se" title="Admarket.se">Admarket's</a> <a href="http://flickrslidr.com" title="flickrSLiDR">flickrSLiDR</a>.</small>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519953.post-11519148891177272782008-10-01T06:41:00.001-07:002008-10-01T06:41:24.845-07:00Mega Church Myths Dispelled | Catalyst<blockquote cite="http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/mega_church_myths_dispelled/">Mega Church Myths Dispelled<br />October 01, 2008 <br /><br />"What Americans Really Believe reveals that megachurch members tend to be younger, practice evangelism more frequently, and are bigger on volunteerism than those in smaller churches. Oops. There go the stereotypes. And they aren't abandoning the harder, counter-cultural doctrines of the Christian faith either."</blockquote><cite cite="http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/mega_church_myths_dispelled/"><a href="http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/mega_church_myths_dispelled/">Mega Church Myths Dispelled | Catalyst</a></cite><br /><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: #CCC; font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: #999; font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Scott Sailor, EdD ATChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397583019386443643noreply@blogger.com0