by Whitney | Jun 28, 2012 | business, community, Discovery, education, learning
I ran across a forum post today that essentially said: “I’m a _____(Insert name of profession here)____. What are the apps I should download?” This is a natural question many people ask, but it’s a bad question. Just like Bill Gates stating...
by Whitney | Jun 15, 2012 | education
My son attended a camp last summer in iPhone/iPod app development, and will be going again this summer. He had a great time, and came away from the experience with a simple, fun app he made, and the ability to jail break iphones, which seemed pretty impressive for a...
by Whitney | May 29, 2012 | education
StudentsFirst.org just sent me an email with the following text: “Students, parents and community leaders are gathering in front of City Hall on Wednesday and I hope you will join us! Our message — Pennsylvania students need more quality school options....
by Whitney | Mar 19, 2012 | community, Discovery, education, explanations, social media
I come to blogging through Podcasting. As a podcaster, I’ve tried to model what I do in interviews on the work of Terry Gross and Ira Glass, who have a way of making an emotional connection with their interview subjects and their audience by getting people to...
by Whitney | Feb 29, 2012 | community, economics, education, learning, new media, social media
Seth Godin put out an interesting manifesto on education yesterday, called Stop Stealing Dreams. It’s a free download and can be read online, printed, or read in any ebook format. I strongly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in education. I...
by Whitney | Feb 1, 2012 | books, economics, education
The news about the new iBook author tools for the Mac have been met with enthusiasm and concern. Some see it as the dawn of new digital textbooks. Parents who see their kids struggling under backpacks that seem to weigh as much as they do, all cheer as well. The...
