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Two month update?

by | Oct 6, 2005 | pre-wp

Okay, so here’s the deal: First it was a computer glitch that hid my posts deep within the server. Then it was work – a lot of work, which is never a bad thing. Unless, you have a blog and you’re like me and you don’t even want to look at a...

Blog? Blog!

by | Sep 23, 2005 | pre-wp

Eh? What? Blog? Oh, blog! Blog. Hmmm . .. that’s right. It will return. I promise. Many reasons, many excuses. You’ll hear them all in due time. I will return, honest. You might also enjoy: this old blog bayer’s sneaky blog-reader aspirin’s misleading...

More video games in schools

by | Aug 10, 2005 | gaming, pre-wp

It looks like video game makers are really liking this games in schools idea. NESTA Future Labs reports that they are teaming up with EA Games to study how video games can be used in UK classrooms to help students learn: “The research project, named Teaching with...

Teens told to shut up and drive

by | Aug 8, 2005 | pre-wp

Starting today, teens in Colorado with new driving licences are banned from using their cell phones while driving [via textually.org.] While I think this is a great first step at making the roads a safer place (I’m for a ban on all cell phone use while driving,...

Schools turn to video games for exercise

by | Jul 28, 2005 | gaming, pre-wp

The latest issue of KidScreen Magazine highlights Konami’s attempt to get their brand into schools, achieve “gatekeeper approval” from teachers and score huge points with kids by turning gym class into video game playtime. At an April 2005 conference for physical...

The Billboard Bins Have Landed

by | Jul 27, 2005 | pre-wp

As I posted earlier this year, Toronto’s potential answer to too much garbage on our streets is to disguise the garbage cans as billboards. These Billboard Bins are over 7 1/2 feet tall, hold the same amount garbage, but now sport garbage of their own in the...

Who cares if it’s literature?

by | Jul 21, 2005 | pre-wp

This article in the London Free Press (a paper that lined the cages of all my pet birds as a child) takes a stab at differentiating between literate and literature in teen readers: “Teenagers belong to a generation that’s more literate than any other in...

This heat ate my brain

by | Jul 21, 2005 | pre-wp

That’s why it’s been so quiet around here. Honestly. I was thinking about just hiding under the kitchen table with my face in front of the fan until this heatwave breaks, but it’s showing no end in sight. So, I’m back and I’m posting . ....