Posted on June 29th, 2008 by mkrill
There will be many posts coming out of San Antonio this week. I was disappointed (and secretly relieved) to find out that the fitness center in my hotel was closed for renovations. Now that I’ve experienced the vastness of the NECC convention center, I realize I’ll be getting tons of exercise! One thing I’m worried [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2008 by mkrill
A group of teens participated in a prank that involved tossing a soft drink in the drive through window at the establishment employee. Then, they posted a video of the incident on YouTube. Interestingly enough, the victim at first thought the prank was personal, but then heard about the YouTube posting. The victim did some [...]
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Posted on March 17th, 2008 by mkrill
I came across this scrap of paper on the floor of theĀ a high school last week and it had me thinking about expectations of today’s learners. Specifically the rote memorization of information, such as dates and facts. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that learners should know and remember math facts up and down [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by mkrill
I really love to read…I can sit down and read a good book from cover to cover and barely notice the passing of time. It seems that lately I feel too busy to sit down and read, so I began to quench my reading thirst with audiobooks. So, when the Kindle was announced, I have [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2008 by mkrill
Cross posted at Thoughts From Krill
I have to agree with Jim Gates in his Everyone’s a Critic post over at TipLine. I mean, that’s not to say that I haven’t been tortured with a PowerPoint presentation that was too wordy, too flashy, too hard to read, etc… I hear alot of moans, groans and [...]
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