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Learning from TV

By alex | Published: 11/16/2004
This is a bit last-minute, but tomorrow, November 17, from 12- 1:30 in 555 Baldy Hall, Christopher Whittle is giving a presentation: “The Future of Science Education: Learning Science and Pseudoscience from Prime-time Television — implications for Educators. Here is the blurb: “Television viewers are always learning, even when their intentions are simply to relax […]
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Where will you be on 9/11?

By alex | Published: 8/27/2004
I will be in Bloomington, Indiana. But if you are here in Buffalo, you may be wondering how you can hook up with events tied into the September Project. Unfortunately, despite some lobbying on my part, neither the public libraries nor the UB libraries decided to participate. However, the Medaille College Library is linked on […]
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Appropriate Technology

By alex | Published: 8/23/2004
Our local community education course catalog just arrived. This online course caught my eye: HOW TO USE THE INTERNET – THE BASICS This is a course for “newbies” to the technological world of the Internet. It is a self paced, basic, online course that is easy to follow. Topics covered are: Introduction to Cyberspace, Vocabulary […]
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Get Kurtz

By alex | Published: 7/1/2004
Steve Kurtz, an artist on the faculty at my university, was detained by the FBI because they thought that his art was dangerous looking. Having utterly failed in its original intent to prosecute him for bioterrorism, they have downgraded the charges to petty larceny and mail fraud. Although I will admit to not having all […]
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