Monthly Archives: October 2007
Meet Your Future Employee
Here is an article in Computer World that should give us some insight about our future workforce. This article repeats many of the trends I have seen in other publications: 95% of graduates have solid basic technical skills, 50% are … Continue reading
Troubleshooting
I have had three “real-world” problems presented to me this week that are a good representation of problems present in the day-to-day life of a technical consultant. I work with several schools as a consultant and I end up getting a few … Continue reading
Kevin O’Malley: author, artist, all around nice guy
I had the good fortune of running into Kevin O’Malley at a conference. We happened to be standing at the same table. I saw him doodling on a sheet of paper and struck up a conversation. I found out he … Continue reading
Curriculum Based on Critical Thinking
Linda Darling-Hammond of Stanford University has an opinion article in the Oct 14, San Francisco Chronicle. It explains how other countries are testing students’ 21st century skills and how NCLB is not helping to prepare our students for the knowledge … Continue reading
Colr
Looking for a color scheme based on the pictures in your project? Colr.org can help. Upload your picture to Flickr. Then go to the Colr site and copy the URL of your picture into the color schedule creator. Mouse-over the … Continue reading