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Category Archives: Education
There is no ‘planet B’ – yet we’re using it already
Happy§ Earth Overshoot Day! Time to celebrate: we’re now using almost three-quarters of ‘planet B’. Shame it doesn’t exist. Back in 2014, I wrote a set of edicts I would apply ‘If I ruled the world‘. One of those (#4) … Continue reading
‘The climate is always changing’: true, but not helpful
“When we already believe the world to be a certain way, then we interpret new experiences to fit with those beliefs, whether they actually do or not.” Thus spake Veritasium I had another post scheduled for today, but this one … Continue reading
Veritasium on the biggest myth in education
“When we already believe the world to be a certain way, then we interpret new experiences to fit with those beliefs, whether they actually do or not.” Thus spake Veritasium Veritasium: This video is about learning styles. What kind of … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, Education, perception, Science
Tagged auditory, debunking, education, kinesthetic, learning, myth, reading, VARK, visual
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Wax off! (A lunar epiphany)
A couple of years ago, I had a minor epiphany about the Moon. I wrote a post about it at the time, called ‘How to tell at a glance if the Moon is waxing or waning‘. Since then, when I’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Education, memetics, Science
Tagged moon, waning, wax off, Wax on, waxing
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One has to acknowledge that a box exists before being able to think outside it
Paul Handover of ‘Learning from Dogs’ pointed me to this important interview the other day. It stumbles and rambles a bit, but some interesting points are made, especially towards the end where the idea is raised that academia has been … Continue reading
A thorny issue: transcripts and intellectual property
The story so far Forty-two§ days ago, I wibbled about the upcoming Towel Day, in a post that featured a video interview of Richard Dawkins talking about Douglas Adams — and the transcript I’d (laboriously) made of it. Goldie left … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Education, Ludditis, Phlyarology
Tagged accessibility, copyright, deaf, disabled access, intellectual property, law, TINLA
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Happy World Bee Day!!! 🐝
Originally posted on Filosofa's Word:
This is a re-post of the one I wrote last year for World Bee Day, but some of you haven’t yet seen it, others may have forgotten it, and it says everything I would…
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, Education, Environment, Phlyarology, Reblogs, Strategy
Tagged bees
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Defeating the list block walloftext problem using CSS
Last month, Bella of thoughtsnlifeblog kindly interviewed me for her ‘Let’s Get Inspired‘ series. One question she asked me was whether I had any coding tips for bloggers… and that reminded me of a perennial problem I’ve encountered over the … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, Communication, Education, Phlyarology, balance
Tagged Block editor, HCI, inline CSS, usability, walloftext, website design, white space, WYSINWOG
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Should we use the dictionary?
This is a post by Mr. Ohh of ‘Mr. Ohh!’s Sideways View‘, who kindly agreed to accept my invitation to contribute to ‘Wibble’ as a result of my post ‘creating content collaboratively‘. (Come, join in the fun!)— pendantry Have you … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, Education, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged anarchy, communism, Democracy, dictatorship, dictionary, government, meaning, socialism, words
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Adventures with a dumbphone: Chasing forest sarks
This is the third in my series of ‘Apps You Might Enjoy’, following on from my earlier posts about Morse Mania and Elevate: this one is about Duolingo, an app that was recommended to me by msjadeli. Duolingo – making … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, Games, Health
Tagged app, cognition, dumbphone, Klingon, Language, personal improvement, Review, training
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