{"id":436,"date":"2008-06-21T21:31:34","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T02:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fleeep.net\/blog\/?p=436"},"modified":"2008-06-21T21:31:34","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T02:31:34","slug":"saturday-caught-my-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleeptuque.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/saturday-caught-my-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday: Caught My Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things that caught my eye today.  Hit play on this video while you read the rest of the post, it&#8217;s such a sweet video.<\/p>\n<p><code><object height=\"349\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/o5rhhQbyYV0&amp;hl=en&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/o5rhhQbyYV0&amp;hl=en&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"349\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Ok, now that we have some music&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools &amp; Sites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just installed a little map widget down in the lower right sidebar that shows a map of visitors.  It&#8217;s a free download from <a href=\"http:\/\/clustrmaps.com\/index.htm\">ClustrMaps.com<\/a> and tracks by IP address where in the world your readers are.  Not sure how often it will update, but so far I&#8217;m big in the US and barely heard of in Europe and completely absent everywhere else.  \ud83d\ude09  It&#8217;s going on data since this morning though, so we&#8217;ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebase.com\/\">Freebase<\/a>.  I don&#8217;t know what it does yet, but their tagline is, &#8220;Freebase is an open, shared database of the world&#8217;s knowledge.&#8221;  Hmmm.  Definitely will check it out in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Last is a site that looks to be about teaching programming concepts to high schoolers, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenfoot.org\/index.html\">Greenfoot<\/a>.  I&#8217;m already a fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alice.org\/\">Alice<\/a>, but might be of interest to those of you working with high school students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching &amp; Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I dig this graphic, created by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmoseley.com\/\">Bill Mosely (SL: Pirate Shipman)<\/a>, and winner of the NECC08 button contest.  Great job Bill!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3219\/2516648940_ab432e08e9.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"Poster: I am here for the Learning Revolution\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And last, three essays that address the meta topic of college education in the US today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanscholar.org\/su08\/elite-deresiewicz.html\">The Disadvantages of an Elite Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/doc\/200806\/college\">In the Basement of the Ivory Tower<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chrisabraham.com\/2008\/06\/21\/no-matter-what-they-say-college-is-not-for-everyone\/\">No Matter What They Say, College is Not For Everyone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you only have time to read one, read the second one, and then Chris&#8217; take on that article in 3rd link.  I don&#8217;t agree with all of the positions taken, but as I try to imagine what education could be, it&#8217;s helpful to read critiques by others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/0882474c-610f-40ee-ab00-01007c04cb52\/\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_c.png?x-id=0882474c-610f-40ee-ab00-01007c04cb52\" alt=\"Zemanta Pixie\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things that caught my eye today. Hit play on this video while you read the rest of the post, it&#8217;s such a sweet video. 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