About Anything » Meta Things http://www.alstevens.org The personal blog of Al Stevens. Focus is overrated. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Friday’s reads http://www.alstevens.org/2009/05/08/fridays-reads-3/ http://www.alstevens.org/2009/05/08/fridays-reads-3/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 19:21:22 +0000 Al Stevens http://www.alstevens.org/2009/05/08/fridays-reads-3/ Alexis Wichowski reviews the evolution of folksonomies, concluding that may be flawed, but they are the best means known to track what is happening with the non–mainstream of the information environment.

Josh Pasek, et. al. find on careful analysis that there is no correlation between grades and Facebook use.

]]> http://www.alstevens.org/2009/05/08/fridays-reads-3/feed/ 0 Educational Technology http://www.alstevens.org/2009/01/12/educational-technology/ http://www.alstevens.org/2009/01/12/educational-technology/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:00:52 +0000 Al Stevens http://www.alstevens.org/?p=129 For work related reasons, I need to get up to speed on educational technology. I was once actively working on simulation based teaching and training systems, but haven’t kept up for the last 10-20 years. A lot has changed. This will be challenging, but I hope fun and rewarding. Posts to follow as I find articles and resources that interest me.

Diving in…

]]> http://www.alstevens.org/2009/01/12/educational-technology/feed/ 0 Mobile posting http://www.alstevens.org/2008/12/06/mobile-posting/ http://www.alstevens.org/2008/12/06/mobile-posting/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:16:32 +0000 Al Stevens http://www.alstevens.org/2008/12/06/mobile-posting/ I’m experimenting with mobile posting. Sitting down at the laptop is a bigger hurdle than I expected.

]]> http://www.alstevens.org/2008/12/06/mobile-posting/feed/ 0