While not an Apple fanboy, this article and slide show demo nine kinds of apps that matter. All tablets will have this kind of thing, so it remains to be seen who will win the day. But this is still a bellwether.

Pretty remarkable anthropological look at what education and society face.
http://youtu.be/DwyCAtyNYHw?t=8m24s

Shirky is always terrific and while i am looking for artifacts for critical thinking i found this that i can’t use but is very compelling.

While looking for artifacts for Critical Thinking i have come across this series by PBS that is a beautiful series with Dan Gilbert about coming to terms with our emotions.

What is an e-Portfolio?

e-Portfolios are platforms for students, teachers, alumni, and professionals to showcase their work and ideas. They are archives of learning, discovery, progress, achievement and reflection. A few uses of e-Portfolios include assessment, admissions, interactive resumes, student galleries, teacher resource sites, collaborative project portfolios, and research presentations.

I’m doing research into technical writing. Along the way i ran into this site.

The escapist, a youth oriented site, has a section called zero punctuation that is quite amusing if not mildly offensive where he does 5 min send-ups of new video game releases. If no else wants to take a look Tobin, my teen son will love it…

This is a joy to hear. It is the balance to Al Gore sharing how the world is going to hell in hand baskets.

It’s abuot an hour and worth the listen. A scientist who might cheer you up.

interesting 3 min vid that is amazing comment about what it is we can make our bodies feel through what we believe.

Lovely little piece. Why we live perhaps…