EduGeek Journal

Digital Natives are better at multitasking than older generations? Please.  My generation (Gen X) practically perfected multi-tasking.  Let’s take a look back to the 80s for a second:

Our multitasking was in the form of listening to a Walkman while sitting in front of the TV and doing homework – none of which were made for multitasking. So you can [...]

Katrina and Shaun have made the trek to dangerous country this week: BbWorld 2009! They have sent back the following video report of the event:

Shocking and entertaining all at the same time! Remember you two – don’t drink the Kool-Aid!
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Oh, BlackBoard. I really do try to give you a fair break. You just make it so hard not to. Recently I linked to some videos that highlight the new changes coming in BlackBoard NG:
http://www.blackboard.com/projectng/
Chapter 2: User Interface… Something about that looks familiar. What is it… [stares off blankly at my iGoogle page] hmmm…. not [...]

I’m a little surprised by the number of people that asked me who hacked our site and messed up the header. If someone did hack the site, I think they would do more than a little graffiti. Just a little joke to let people know what a true EduPunk mentality would do :) Here’s the [...]

As I was reading my daily dose of Dilbert, I noticed something in the new widget that displays the comic strip: a button that lets you embed the comic on your site. Like this:

I’m guessing since this is the official site, then this is totally legal. Dilbert may not be the first to do this, [...]

Courtesy of Metamedia and Pete – the Adventures of Bollywood Blackboard-wala:
Ep. 1 Paying The Annual Licensing Fee

Ep. 2 Dealing with Customers Looking at the Open Source Alternative

Ep. 3 Dealing with the Patent Invalidation Ruling

Ep. 4 Confronting the Open Source Challenge

Ep. 5 Live from Blackboardwala World 2008

Ep. 6 Dealing with Customers Looking at the Open Source [...]

I think we all know a millennial like this one. Or at least a famous conference speaker that idolizes millennials so much that they come across the same way. Don’t want to break any copyright laws, so I won’t put the comic here. But click the link for a good laugh (EDIT: seems that dilbert.com [...]

We know the whereabouts of Katrina and Erin. Erin just finished up a Master’s thesis and Katrina is on maternity leave. But what has happened to Darren? Since his favorite team suffered a crushing defeat with the Super Bowl (by not even making it there), all things EduGeeky and Darren-related have been quiet. I told [...]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to everyone! With the dawning of the new year, I thought I would share with you my top 12 predictions for 2008:

Online distance education will continue to grow. If you don’t believe this one, you are on the wrong blog. Speaking of which….
The blog will finally die [...]

This pic has been making the rounds in email recently, but I thought it was a great reminder of how far we have come:

More popular and funny pictures at Popular-Pics.com
What is it? A 5 MB Hard Drive from 1956. This pic shows the one ton drive for the IBM 305 RAMAC. I have mp3s now [...]