What’s on the Web?
My weekly links of note: I absolutely loved these stories as an adolescent until I got to Lemuria, Shirly Maclain, and the 12′ tall dudes, then it started to seem weird. In the Violent Favelas of Brazil,…
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Consider The Salad
Here’s a fun Prezi on the past and future of Salads that my friend Nick Davis and I did as a demonstration for a class. The lesson was on GMOs and Salad, it was more…
This I Believe
Learning is What It Means to be Human I believe that learning is what it means to be human. It is our great evolutionary adaption that has allowed us to not only physically thrive as…
What’s on the Web?
What I’m reading this week: This Island Life – The role of chance in evolution. Applies to people, businesses, and societies too. Is Shakespeare the sexiest writer? Welcome to the new Singapore. Makers of War –…
Social Media Tools and the Classroom
My colleagues, Matthew Forgy and Sonja Miljkovic, and I recently conducted a test run of Edmodo.com with a group of teachers. Edmodo is an educational social media platform designed to mimic Facebook so that it is…
The Real Problem with Econ 101
The recent blogpost by Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind, Econ 101 is killing America, is well worth a read. I believe with a little tweaking and an addition here or there–for example: Myth #11 Strong Currency…
What is Innovation?
Innovation is the buzzword of our era, it often seems like every single political and business leader has embraced the mantra of innovation in the hopes of creating or maintaining a competitive edge in our…
Portland TrailBlazers!
When you live abroad it’s really tough to watch any games from a small-market NBA team, particularly a perennial heartbreaker like Portland, but that doesn’t stop me from following my hometown team. One day we will…
Springfield to Portlandia
From Springfield to Portlandia… I love my hometown, Portland. I want people to know about what a great–if a little strange–place it is. I grew up there, in fact I am fifth generation–a relatively hard feat for…
¡Aprendiendo Español!
Trying to learn a different language is one of the most humbling experience of my life. I have always wanted to speak, and think, in another language, and struggled mightily with Chinese when I lived there. Studies have shown that…