Category: Ideas
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Self Motivated Learner
Bill Gates spoke at the Techonomy conference and suggests that in the future, that most people will use technology to get an education rather than the university. Here’s an article on it as well as a video of him talking about. Should those of us in Higher Education be worried?
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Are You Photo-Realistic?
I couldn’t tell you what the impetus for this post was. I must have heard it or read it somewhere, and I instantly titled this post and saved it as a draft. Now coming back to write the actual post, I can’t remember what brought about this thought. It is…
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A Perspective on Ignorance
As a teacher and an educator, I want to educate against ignorance. I get a picture of this super hero teacher that is fighting the crime of ignorance. I tend to think that a good teacher is one that can fight ignorance. I tend to think that a good teacher…
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Brett Favre and Identity
Around last year, I wrote about Brett Favre as a Viking – here’s the post. If you look at the news this week about Favre, it has to do with whether he should retire or he might play again if his ankle is healthy. There are many articles that make…
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Brand New Vintage T Shirt
That’s what the commercial was advertising – a brand new old shirt. You know what’s crazy is that people will buy it, but my question is will they buy it because it’s brand new or will they buy it because it’s vintage? You know someone got paid a ton of…
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Youth Ministry 2
I just read a comment from Benjamin Kerns – as he commented on a previous post that I had posted on Youth Ministry (Click on his name for his blog and Youth Ministry for my post). His comment made me think more about the post, and I wanted to share…
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Most of the Time
….the stuff that I read on blogs is complaining and kinda negative. There’s something about this form of media that is conducive for writers and bloggers to easily complain about stuff. It’s crazy that I have no idea who is going to read this, but yet, it’s a venue for…
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Blogging is Better than a Book
I was listening to the last Media Hacks podcast (and I already posted once about it. click on the link to check out the original media hacks) again today. They made a comment about how blogging is better than a book. They all have written books, and one of them…
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You Control Your Identity
That seems like such a simple idea – being able to control your identity, your image, your profile. The ubiquity of identity projections can be seen everywhere. A few hundred years ago, most people did not have control of their identity. In fact, only kings and courtiers were able to…
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Inspiring Conversation
Have you ever had a conversation with someone that just so inspired you to do things that you’ve never thought possible? You know what I’m talking about – a conversation that challenges you to think about yourself in a new way. I had one of those this week. I met…
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I Need to Stop Complaining About the Gas Prices
It cracks me up what we as Americans complain about and then when you take a look at our spending habits – spend our money on other things that really make complaining about gas prices such a foolish thing. I bought gas today for $3.15. I only bought 4 gallons…
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