June 21st, 2008
I’m currently with my family on vacation at Walt Disney World so today’s Boing Boing post titled, “Disney’s 10 rules of theme-park design” really grabbed my attention.
You can listen to the podcast outlining the ten rules or read a summary.
After spending a day at the Magic Kingdom, these rules made me wonder, “how can teachers use a little Disney magic when they design their lessons?”
June 3rd, 2008
I’ve tried to read Moby Dick several times but I’ve always been interrupted. I start off strong by reading a little every night but then I skip one night. From there it goes down hill and I never finish.
That’s why I was happy to find DailyLit. Here’s how they describe their service:
DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail or RSS feed. We currently offer over 750 classic and contemporary books available entirely for free or on a Pay-Per-Read basis (with sample installments available for free). You can read your installments wherever you receive e-mail/RSS feeds, including on your Blackberry and iPhone. Installments arrive in your Inbox according to the schedule you set (e.g. 7:00am every weekday).
With DailyLit, a short installment of Moby Dick shows up each day in my Google Reader. Each installment is short enough to read in under five minutes.
Between fatherhood and teaching science, Dale Basler is an independent consultant, podcaster and web page designer who specializes in work for institutions and organizations in education.
