It's getting harder to come across people who still read their local news paper (or watch the local news for that matter). Especially in cities (like D.C.), I think reading local events is more of an exception rather than the rule. Well if your local paper doesn't have RSS feeds or anything like that, you can just wait for a few more years until " EveryBlock " makes it to your neighborhood. EveryBlock tauts itself as a one stop shop for everything related to your ... it's nice that it does all of the work for you. From the EveryBlock website... EveryBlock filters an assortment of local ...

I've been approached quite a bit recently to do presentations at local ASTD chapters or to help find a speaker. The reality is that I can't afford to do free presentations at local events. In some cases, I am finding myself doing workshops locally that can then help fund it. I'm looking forward to doing more of these this next year. But in the cases where that's not going to work out, I would really like to help the person find a speaker who is local and who can speak to ... speaker in the Birmingham, Alabama area for a local ASTD on eLearning 2.0 or Work Literacy. What would you do if you ...

Unibroue discovered at local Cost Plus Originally uploaded by Brent Schlenker . After learning about Unibroue in Boston last week I've on a mission to find it in AZ. Mission accomplished...well, sort of. Cost Plus only carries 2 flavors. What does this have to do with Learning? EVERYTHING! A wonderful experience makes for a memorible experience. A compelling story is part of creating that experience: I don't believe that simply drinking the beer is enough...although its darn good beer. I only wish that I could share the experience with friends, but for ...

This is a topic that I've been wondering about for a while and Donald Clark hits on it in his post : Professor Lewin - "It sounds arrogant, I know, but it's better to see a first class lecture on video than a mediocre one in the flesh." Use the FREE stuff because it's better. This is a simple solution to a massive problem. Students are already voting with their fingers and dumping their third-rate, real, local lectures for first-rate, online, global lectures. The same ... aren't great just because they are local? In large universities where there is little to no interaction and ...

For those of you in the Northeastern Pennsylvania area, tonight at 7:00 pm, I will be appearing on CBS Television affiliate station WYOU. The show is called WYOU Interactive and tonight we are discussing the topic of Technology & Morals . We will explore the following types of questions: Is technology corrupting our morals? Are realistic and violent video games desensitizing our youth? Are online social networking websites like Myspace actually harmful to hormone-crazed teens? We'll tackle these topics and more starting at 7 pm. So, I will be addressing the issue of whether or not ...

... quot; Virtual Worlds: Dangerous Turf ?" Really? Really PC World? This is your insightful analysis? This quote is just perfectly hysterical -  "Without proper security, the potential of social networks, virtual worlds and real-time mapping services cannot be fully exploited, according to research house Gartner." Wow. Good thing something e-mail doesn't expose us to the EXACT SAME ISSUES. Judas, I am sick and tired of these red flag article that act like its the technology's problem and not the humans. The ability to say horribly wrong things to millions of people came ...

The Connectbeam Blog has an interesting post today, it's title: Should Facebook Be Banned from Work? Gardner's Nikos Drakos versus Ray Valdes. Given the fine reputation of the Gardner Group, I recommend you link over to Connectbeam and read up on this issue. The problem of access to web 2.0 / social networks is one facing many corporations. While there is obviously content on YouTube and Facebook which is detrimental to polite society and not work focused (or worse), many companies now use YouTube for marketing, and I actually found a great professor, Jake Blanchard , via one of his ...

Just a bit off-topic, but had to post it.  This is a cool little kudo for the efforts of a favorite little local non-profit that's near and dear to me... my wife. As many of you know by now, Blog Action Day did some great things to bring millions of eyeballs on the issue of poverty last week on October 15. My wife (a manager in a Southern California non-profit dealing in human trafficking issues) is still gushing to family and friends about what a great day it ... local manager of some very worthy non-profits here in Southern California. :-) Until next year's BAD09, ...

First Things First: Local ASTD Groups On LinkedIn - Do It! If you're a manager or marketing/sales professional ... an online group for your local ASTD chapter . Of course, if you're a trainer or instructional designer, this goes without saying. If you're a learning professional and aren't connected to your local ASTD chapter, it begs the ... my area (Orange County, California), our local ASTD Chapter didn't have a presence on LinkedIn for the longest ... I can get a read on how many of our local chapter members contribute to any online discussion forum . Today, ...

I live in central Pennsylvania so I guess this is to be expected but...please. Our school board was approving its budget for the next year and there was a line item of $327,000 for the purchasing of nine mobile laptop labs each having close to 30 computers. The district officials said: ...the investment is justified as more class materials are becoming available on computer software and more students can access laptops at one time, rather than sending classes to desktop computer labs with limited number of seats So far, bravo to the administration. Enter Dawn Koons-Gill, a district parent ...

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Several weeks ago my original link to this video was lost. This video is from a local television station that interviewed me about Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning . Unfortunately, somehow it was deleted. Finally, I found the lost footage and have been able to post it. You can see the original blog posting at Roll The Tape. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Last week, I was interviewed by our local newspaper, The Danville News about my book, Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning and yesterday, the article appeared on the front page of the paper (remember, its a local newspaper.) I think the reporter for the newspaper did a fantastic job with a balanced, fair story and an accurate description and ... had an impact on me was an email sent to me by a local teacher in response to the article. The teacher writes: I read your article in the Daily Item today and I thought it was great. I am a teacher at [a local school] and I am a ...

Test your web design in different browsers - Browsershots Enter your URL and see screenshots in numerous browsers. The service is free, but pictures expire about 30 minutes after you make a request. It’s fine for a quick check, but be sure to save the images locally if you need them long term. Nice way to test what your pages look like in, say, Linux even if you don’t have that available. tags: webdesign , ...

... or in need of helping, take a look at the following resources: Local (California and Orange County)   Dial 2-1-1. Like dialing 4-1-1 for information about local vendors and local haunts, 2-1-1 is an information line for ... . Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, the local affiliate of the national organization Feeding America (formerly ... . An organization that works with local churches to make global connections for local support. This post is ...

... headlines of your local newspaper as a matter of habit each morning because you enjoy being informed and can handle idle ... content from your local paper but you can scan other sources of information related to your interests.  It seems like every media outlet from the smallest local rag to the largest cable channel has a feed you can subscribe too. So, ...

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Learning Networks - The New Framework Stephen Downes presented a work in progress in Palermo this week, Learning Networks - Theory & Practice. Leading the Transition from Classrooms to Learning Spaces The convergence of technology, pedagogy, and space can lead to exciting new models of campus interaction. Developing Self-Directed Learners According to Abdullah, self-directed learners are "responsible owners and managers of their own learning process" Telling Tales with Technology As it gains popularity in classrooms around the country, digital storytelling takes on local ...

Hooray!!!! I am being let out of the asylum for another week! Starting Tuesday, I'm going to the Innovations in eLearning Conference at George Mason University. Completely Mark's fault for this one. $250. Local (to me). This was an easy sell-job for my employers. Thankfully, they made the decision before the highly political project of doom went off the rails..... I'm even more excited because I finally get a chance to meet 2 more luminaries of our corner of the blogosphere - Stephen Downes and Karl Kapp . AND I get to touch base with Mark Oehlert and Brent ...

Greg is an old high school buddy of mine and the person responsible for introducing me to the small local ... local crew so our questions reflect that bias): - What time is the truck(s) coming? What time is sound check? What ... ) - Who's here from the local crew? (Personnel resources and available skill set. If you've been around for a couple of ... . Stagehands are pretty honest about answering that question, whether they are on the road crew or the locals. They ...

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My daughter is swimming Alcatraz with her team, Swim Neptune . They are working hard to raise money for a nonprofit: FAST - Foundation for Aquatic Safety Training. Local news coverage. There was video, but they don't leave it up for very long...bummer. Every year Arizona has far too many drawnings that could have been prevented. Coach Zemaitis has created FAST in an effort to help raise awareness and provide safety equipment, CPR lessons, and more, to families in need. My daughter Emma will be the youngest female to have crossed the 1.4 mile bay on April 25th. My wife will be in ...

Google that’s designed to speed up web site load times by caching content on your local computer. It’s sort of ... from the Google Gears Settings. When I allowed WordPress to use Gears it downloaded 212 items to my local computer that ... browser or in Flash. The display logic in Javascript or SWFs can be stored locally and not downloaded every time a page loads. Gears allows you to push updates to offline content, so you don’t have to worry about the local copies ...

SMS Poll is a fast and east way to find out what your audience is thinking. Requiring no special hardware or software, you can create a poll in just a few seconds. Your audience votes by sending an SMS to a local phone number and the results are updated right before your eyes, in real-time, in your PowerPoint presentation or on your website. SMS Poll is a great way to gather in-the-moment data from students, customers, conference attendees or anyone else! There are just four steps - Create, Customise, Share, and Vote. There are a number of price plans, ...

Once a year, the local citizens here let their freak flags fly in a march down the main streets of town in costume. (Some residents are always in costume.) Everyone ends up on the lawn in front of City Hall. It’s always great for chuckles. This year the Mayor was allotted a spot next to the East Bay Atheists. Obama supporters will appreciate our political climate: I love the Cheney + Satan bumper stickers. Herod Blank, who lives down the hill from here, has been hosting “art car” festivals for ten years. The How Berkeley Can ...

Ah ... the good old days ... back in the Fall of 1976. I took a term off from Dartmouth, and backpacked through Europe. Now my son Carl will do the same ... he leaves tonight. However, Carl will blog about the subject.  My parents we're lucky to hear anything from me. The only way to contact me was to mail a letter to an American Express office in the hopes I might travel through that locale. Carl will have Skype, his blog, etc. Thus, follow a college student's experiences as he backpacks through Europe via Carl's Travel Blog (or subscribe via RSS). I posted this comment on ...

Some of you know that I'm reliving my past via my middle son's backpacking trip through Europe. If you have any interest in bicycle racing you may enjoy Carl's Tour de France posting. He even has a very neat video which he personally took. My own travels through Paris via Eurail 32 years ago were not quite so exciting, but did include: Being all excited that I could serve as the "French speaking" guide for my fellow Dartmouth buddies, and upon having a long conversation in French with a "local" in order to get dinner recommendations ... discovering ultimately he was Harvard ...