andrew pass

Tags

The other day I was wondering what educational benefit tags might have. In what ways would learning about tags and learning to use tags benefit students. Here's one thought: When I was in school we...

Senator Carl Levin

Senator Levin is a very popular man in Michigan. He's well respected by a vast majority of the people in the State. Last year Time magazine rated him as one of the ten best senators. As I wrote about...

Splice Music

A few days ago I was about to post a question asking how to find music to use for podcasts. I was hoping to be able to simply cut clips and place them where I wanted to on my podcast. This past...

Using Current Events in History

I'm in the process of writing an article for TechLearning about the changes that must be made to textbook review committees, in the light of the incredible speed with which knowledge evolves in the...

What Does it Take to Teach an Online Technology Course?

Question: What qualifications should somebody have to teach an online course on technology in education?Answer: Obviously, I'm not certain if this answer is correct, but when I consider the above...

MUVES - The Future of Education

Recently I've been thinking about the importance of collaboration. Web 2.0 allows people to communicat with one another instantaeously, at almost zero cost. It's really neat. But research has...

Teaching Tact

Apparently Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left a dinner reception hosted by the Egyptian foreign minister early. His office claimed that he was offended by a "revealing" dress worn by a...

Virtual Environments Meet International Relations

The New York Times is reporting that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. The article states, "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her...

What's an Avatar?

Last night Jeremy Koester, a friend of his, and now mine, and I were experimenting with Second Talk on Second Life. Second Talk is a lot like Skype, it allows people to talk to one another. Anyhow...

Social Norms on Second Life

This afternoon I was speaking to a local religious school principal and she said that she was concerned that as kids used computers more and more they'd develop fewer and fewer social skills. I told...