Paths In My EdTech Landscape V3 Third Version Of A Graphic I Had Started A While Back... It Started Out

Scientists say this 191-year-old symphony could help your heart health.

I had previously posted the link to this article, but since I had posted it as a link I couldn’t update that post...  **note to self, use “text” instead of “link” when posting to tumblr... lol...  

Anyhow, I wanted to update it with a playlist of the tracks mentioned in the post...  since the links in the post were from soundcloud, I figured it would be easiest to create the playlist in soundcloud...  which meant... yes...  another social media account...  

Hearthealth playlist

What other classical pieces can I add to this list?

Higher Ed is the Province of the High Achieving and the Wealthy

I don’t want a society that massively excludes so many students, nor one where you have to be better than perfect to gain admission to your state university. For 20 years now, anyone with access to the internet has been able to publish ideas to anyone else in the world with an internet connection. That’s an amazing opportunity and a formidable responsibility. Yet our antiquated educational system rewards a hierarchical form of silo’d, standardized teaching and learning that was designed for the Taylorized Industrial Age. Our over-emphasis on standardized testing undermines the intellectual skills of critical thinking and productive contribution needed to thrive in our interactive Do-It-Yourself era.

Happy Carl Sagan Day!

Carl Sagan Day is celebrated on November 9 every year. Carl has inspired so many people with his teachings and today is the day that we celebrate his legacy.

My favorite links about Carl:

Carl Sagan’s last interview with Charlie Rose (Full Interview) Neil deGrasse Tyson - Carl Sagan Experience LOVE THIS Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable Lessons of Immortality and Mortality From My Father, Carl Sagan Take a Course or Two with Professor Sagan

Eugenie Clark

There was a great post in my FB stream on Eugenie Clark-- a marine biologist who was an advocate for sharks and science.  I can remember reading her biography “Shark Lady” in 2nd grade, not only was it the book that got me fascinated by sharks but also inspired me to think maybe one day I could be a scientist too.   

Nat Geo had a great article on Eugenie back in February:  'Shark Lady' Eugenie Clark, Famed Marine Biologist, Has Died

Also see my previous post on Sharks

2008 Called. It Wants to Know What Happened to Barack Obama.

One of the many little thrills of being a part of the Obama campaign four years ago was a deep and abiding sense that, finally, a political leader had come along who could live up to our highest aspirations. Yes, Obama was cool and played basketball and was conversant in ironical youth culture, but when it came down to it, he was overwhelmingly serious. The other guys were hauling unlicensed plumbers onstage and suspending their campaign at the drop of a hat, but Obama kept his eyes on the prize and played the grown-up. Now he's talking about "Romnesia."

Build A Life-Size Phone Controlled BB8 Droid (Full-DIY-Tutorial)

This is amazing... full diy instructions on Instructables

(Also worth checking out, Angelo’s other videos on youtube)

I would say “Shut up and take my money”, but it’s not for sale...   I want my own BB-8 badly and while Angelo did a superb job of breaking down each step of the project I don’t know that I would be able to do-it-myself without help... so...  I’m going to try to organize a group of people who also want to make their own BB-8 droids, that we can work together.  I’m thinking that if we had enough people, we could do it working in pairs in assembly line fashion.  Clearly, this project will be a lot of work, but it looks totally doable...  with help... Stay tuned for updates!  

Update:  It’s on!!  I’m organizing a group of IT people with the robotics team along with other interested staff/faculty/students to build one for Faculty Technology Day at the end of May...  We plan to build during the first week of May.... 

Flipboard Focus:

Productivity, Positivity, and Creativity

The latest flip into my magazine on Productivity, Positivity, and Creativity:

The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It’s the Last Minute—Before the Last Minute link.

Christopher Cox is a graduate of Harvard and Cambridge. He was a 2020 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and a visiting scholar at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He was the former chief editor of Harper’s magazine and executive editor of GQ, where he edited—and set deadlines for—stories that won Pulitzer Prizes and National Magazine Awards.

In the article Christopher shares about these 5 key insights from his new book:

1. Stop feeling guilty about procrastinating. 2. The worst deadline you can set is “as soon as possible.” 3. Short deadlines are better than long ones. 4. Add enforcement mechanisms. 5. Embrace interim deadlines.

If you liked that article, check out the other articles in my Flipboard magazine:

Flipboard magazine link

Education Reform

Dear Karl, Scott, Daniel, and John : The Future You Predicted Seems Right On Schedule

What If They All Took Art?

videos

A speech from Carl Sagan that will make you cry

The makers of The Sagan Series bring you The Feynman Series

Richard Feynman waxes scientific about a flower, touches your freaking soul

More People Need To Know About Carolyn Porco