Ahhhh.... mind sex...

Have you ever really connected with someone? I mean really connected... as if your thoughts were so parallel that the level of intimacy was almost more than could be imagined? Well... it might be all in your mind. No, really. And it could happen between you and a teacher even (but apparently NOT with an online teacher ;). Check out this article about language / mind connections: http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=of-two-minds-listener-brain-pattern-2010-07-27

How are you at multi-tasking?

I did pretty well on the focus test, but task swapping was off the charts poor. Give it a try yourself: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-distraction-filtering-demo.html

Interpretation

We often think we know the 'truth' of a situation, but the reality is our 'truth' is colored by the interpretive inflections given by others. In that swaying, our reality is developed, and our response to the world around us is cast.

Check out this example of how interpretation makes all the difference.

Ready, set, go!

Haven't been using this blog much at all, but I've decided rather than having students create both a web site for their research projects and a blog for journaling, we'll just do blogs and add pages to them. This should reduce the amount of stress students feel, as well as make it easier for us to keep track of one another.

I'm excited about this research project and hope the students find it interesting to delve into some aspect of digital living. We'll see. :) The project will have several parts, so having a place early on to store them will be more efficient than trying to put them together at the last second.

One-day wonder - The Boston Globe

How does a word become a "real" word? Does it have to make it into the OED, or is it enough to simply be used? One-day wonder - The Boston Globe

150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively | OEDb

150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively | OEDb

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Glider

I'm betting Wayne will do this more than once!