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Link Distractions (weekly)

June 7, 2009

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Image via Wikipedia It amazes me how much great content there is out on the Web. Take some time and educate yourself instead of just watching brain numbing stuff. TED Talks Demystified for Teachers | The History Teacher’s Attic TED Talks sorted by discipline. tags: TED, tedtalks, k12, education, presentations, video, hyper Intelligent Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video [...]

This is why I cary a notebook eveywhere with me

April 28, 2009

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Image by Tac Anderson via Flickr There is just something about the tactile act of writing things down. Typing doesn’t do it for me. It has to be a pen and paper. Close the Book. Recall. Write It Down. – Chronicle.com Two psychology journals have recently published papers showing that this strategy works, the latest findings from a [...]

Thanks Alex for making my life more difficult

April 22, 2009

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Image via Wikipedia People like this make it harder for people like me to get medication. Every time I move to a new area or start seeing a new Dr I get grilled and am guilty until I can convince them of my legitimate need. It’s also why I can’t get a prescription for longer than [...]

My personal math problem

February 14, 2009

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Mysterious number 6174 I’ve always had a strange fascination with numbers that I find frustrating. I’m horrible at math, not because I don’t think I can do it but because I never learned how. I grew up believing I was bad at math but as I get older I actually find some parts of math very [...]