Help Wanted: Teachers in Afghanistan. Also Wanted: A School!
Quote of the Day: “A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” — Baltasar Gracian
Continue reading… “Top 13 Photos of the Week”
Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun: MOOC’s not effective for undergraduate education
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun, founder of Udacity, captivated the world with visions of self-driving cars and Google Glass and has signed up 16 million students for online classes. So why is he pivoting away from MOOC’s? Thrun says, “We don’t educate people as others wished, or as I wished.”
Continue reading… “Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun: MOOC’s not effective for undergraduate education”
Top 13 Photos of the Week
Now, for my next trick, I present hoover cat!
Quote of the Day: “Just the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” – Carl Sagan
Continue reading… “Top 13 Photos of the Week”
Holiday travelers beware – 89% of public Wi-Fi connections are not safe
84 percent of travelers aren’t properly protecting themselves from public WiFi threats.
The holiday season is the time of year we travel. It’s when people buckle up on planes and trains across the world, relishing the relatively recent wide-spread availability of public WiFi. (Infographic)
Continue reading… “Holiday travelers beware – 89% of public Wi-Fi connections are not safe”
Libraries and librarians are more relevant than ever in the digital age
Harold Washington library in Chicago.
The need for libraries, and librarians has been placed under scrutiny due to the advent of the internet. Everything in print is now available online. So do we really need physical libraries and librarians anymore? Of course we do…now, more than ever before.
Continue reading… “Libraries and librarians are more relevant than ever in the digital age”
WiFi is the new cigarette: Infographic
60% of people can’t go without WiFi access for more than a day.
Addiction to the internet is real. In the United States, it is said to be more pervasive than alcoholism, and debate is raging over whether it should be officially classified as a mental illness.
Continue reading… “WiFi is the new cigarette: Infographic”
Only 39% of U.S. public schools have adequate wireless access
Millions of schoolchildren around the country go to school every day without Internet or broadband connections.
Only 39 percent of public schools in the U.S. have wireless network access for the whole school. But perhaps the greatest offense—up to this point, at least—has been apathy about the problem.
Top 13 Photos of the Week
Even before they hacked your emails and phone calls, the NSA had you under serious scrutiny!
Quote of the Day: “Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” — Dame Edna Everage
Continue reading… “Top 13 Photos of the Week”
Widening gap between those who use the internet and those who don’t
15% of Americans older than 18 don’t use the Internet.
Jim Crawford, sixty-three years old and retired from a career as a welder, doesn’t have much use for the Internet. Crawford, who lives in Manhattan, Kan. said, “I never had to use it on the job and didn’t have to use it at home for any reason. So I never really learned to do it — and never really got interested.”
Continue reading… “Widening gap between those who use the internet and those who don’t”
Tim Berners-Lee denounces encryption cracking by spy agencies
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
The computer scientist who created the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has called for a “full and frank public debate” over internet surveillance by the National Security Agency and its British counterpart,GCHQ. He warns that the system of checks and balances that oversee the agencies has failed.
Continue reading… “Tim Berners-Lee denounces encryption cracking by spy agencies”
Bill Gates thinks tech billionaires have all their priorities wrong
Bill Gates
Whatever Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires believe, the internet is not going to save the world, says Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates. But eradicating disease just might.
Continue reading… “Bill Gates thinks tech billionaires have all their priorities wrong”
Top 13 Photos of the Week
Help Wanted: Cocktail waitresses in Iceland. Must adapt well to extreme temperatures!
Quote of the Day: “I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.” – Elayne Boosler
Continue reading… “Top 13 Photos of the Week”
