Archive for November, 2009

Us versus Them syndrome

Thanks for returning! I have a Facebook Fan page and Twitter account that you may be interested in too.This is an interesting article out of Farnam Street Blog discussing how quickly people can identify with groups. In a study described below teenagers quickly identified with their own ‘groups’ and subsequently discriminated against other groups. Group [...]

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Chop your Project Down to Size

Have you ever had that feeling where you have so many things to do that you don’t know where to begin? Have you felt anxiety that your project won’t get done on time? I think most of us can relate to that. Sometimes when we are working on a project we compare where we are [...]

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Virtual Classrooms and the Future of Education

This is an interesting read in the NYT. I think it is inevitable that technology and education will become more and more intertwined. This is just another confirmation that we don’t need to sit in classrooms to learn and collaborate with people and professors. Let’s hope for my selfish sake that this applies to group [...]