Feast or Famine

"Two" pictures are worth a thousand words?  Fill in the blanks.

 Haiti elementary school room, March, 2011.
 

U.S. elementary school room, 2011.

Battlefield 3

I was "forced" to watch an ad for the Battlefield 3 video game on the Internet, before being able to access what I wanted to access. During this ad "they" promoted how great this video "game" is because it is "life-like".

What? Life-like war zone battle?

This gave me an idea. Why not have anyone who wants to buy/play this game, first serve a day(s) in a real war zone, before being allowed access to this game. Life without the "like".

This way users can experience the full life thrill of actually being in battle and for no extra cost, inclusion of the reality of being killed (or worse, injured for life) and/or watching your war friend be shot and/or doing the same to the "other side". It never gets better than the real thing, baby. (Thanks, Coke.)

But until then, keep playing war videos on parent bought computers, in comfy little kid caves and have it!

Life-like. I feel like a rude awakening is hovering on the horizon.

Play Ball!

As of last Friday, the 2011 Cub season has begun.

"Wait till next year" has begun for this year!

"Shut Up!"

Picasso Show, Richmond, Virginia

Hall of Famer Snider passes away at 84.

The Gap Widens

I'm not sure when it starts.

When I first realized it, I dismissed it. It was what it was. But it continued to happen. It's a gap of experience with those who are younger. The more the gap widens, the more noticeable it is. Immersed in the immediacy of their own experience, they are blind to mine. All they know is what they know. Myths without feeling. I've passed on to the other side. My experiences are becoming invisible.
(To note: video is approximately 8 minutes long.)

Anyone, anyone?

Whether it be live in a classroom or on a computer in an on-line course, the responsibility remains the same. Engage, motivate, retain, connect the content to measurable goals. How many times does one have to say it, "What will the student be able to do as a result of?" Of note, it doesn't say, "What will the student know as a result of?" Unless one is planning to be on Jeopardy, just to know is just that.

If I know how my boiler works when I ask for the $10 question in the Boiler's category, I'm a winner. But if my boiler stops working and I know how it works? I'm warm.

To note, technology can only give back what you put into it. The iPad is not our savior. An iPad is an iPad.

It's in the water tower!

The King's Speech

Not "Made in China"

The Road Not Taken

So how did it come down to being a decision between people starving and the killing of animals? How does it always seem to come down to an issue between people vs animals? I thought "we" were all here together, you know, balance of nature and all that stuff. Sharing the earth, giving and taking, to support life?

Isn't the Tanzania road about more than just killing animals? Isn't it more about eliminating a piece of the pie that supports the whole pie?

At last check, isn't a "human" a mammal? An animal? The biggest difference being that humans have intellect? If this is a fact, I am humored by it. According to humans, the assumption is having intellect is a positive feature. Is it? Or is our intellect going to eventually shrink the world so small, we will become extinct, leaving only the animals to survive? (Was that me you heard laughing?)

Rest assured, I'm pretty sure the animals would never miss "us".

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