When it is not appropriate, it is NOT appropriate

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0217092samsung1.html
Briefly, a 14 year old student was arrested.  She refused to stop texting in class.  When school security was called, she hid her phone and denied that she has one.  Police was called and a female officer frisked her and found the phone.  She was charged with disorderly conduct.
While we like to call out the [...]

Who is “educating” our kids? Who is our kids learning from?

Little girl (she’s 6) had half day yesterday so my wife dropped her off at the office after school.  Of course, she was shy at first but then she opened up, start talking to people, sharing candies, etc.  If you were to meet a child for the first time, what do you say?
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101 thumbs up

For those that question Education 2.0 or Web 2.0 or another other variations of the 2.0 theme, here is another example.
For a while, I’ve been plagued with degrading performance on my machine over time as I go through my daily RSS feeds.  Reboot usually solve the problem for a while and then it recurs.  I [...]

Facebook and Twitter

After dragging my feet for so long, I finally setup Facebook and Twitter.  While setting up the accounts is uneventful, getting connected (and re-connected) to people turned into an interesting exercise in contact management.
I have 5 email addresses (3 gmail, 1 work, and 1 from my ISP) each with its own contact list.  My phone [...]