by Whitney | Feb 4, 2013 | economics, education
An article was published on the Washington Post site about a new proposed rule regarding copyright for teachers and students. The article starts out stating: A proposal by the Prince George’s County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students...
by Whitney | Jan 29, 2013 | education
I attended my favorite conference, Educon, this past weekend. There was an interesting set of sessions talking about design thinking in schools, and how we could re-imagine the way schools and classrooms are designed, so that they would promote the skills we say we...
by Whitney | Jan 3, 2013 | business, community, education, explanations, learning
Every year, folks use January as a time to reframe and recommit themselves to be better than before. I would argue that every day is equally relevant as a marker to try to do better than before, but perhaps a longer time scale, of a week or month is simply better to...
by Whitney | Dec 12, 2012 | Discovery, education, happiness
When I started Podcasting a number of years ago now, I had to learn how to edit audio. I learned tips and tricks from folks like Mark Blevis and others at Podcamp that were just the thing I needed to make ordinary audio sound much more like professional audio....
by Whitney | Nov 27, 2012 | business, economics, education, explanations, finance
Hanging around with folks in the Marketing world has taught me a lot over the years. One of those things is that you shouldn’t try to screw up a perfectly good story with logic. Over time, I’ve learned about everything from how to use internet tools to...
by Whitney | Oct 25, 2012 | blogging, books, education, Uncategorized
The Impact Equation is a new book by two of my friends, Julien Smith and Chris Brogan. I’ve purchased 10 copies myself to give away here, so if you are interested in a copy, please read on for details. Chris and Julien have spent a lot of time meeting people...
