Tuesday, March 30, 2010

What Teachers Make

Taylor Mall has written what is probably the most forwarded poem ever written. Go on, take a look, because here he is performing this great account of what teachers make.
Take a few minutes to watch and listen --

Monday, March 8, 2010

Open Data Comes of Age

Tim Berners-Lee is the guy who really did "invent" the world wide web. His motivation was to provide ways for people to work together and to share stuff. His talk at TED last week shows some of the stunning breakthroughs that regular folks have done using Open Data. The building of the Hatti maps by volunteers from around the world, are the maps relief workers are relying on to bring supplies and help to those who need it.
Nice work Mr. Berners-Lee. Check out his talk at TED