Monthly Archives: March 2009

British idiotic answers?

****</> Just dug from “Dumb Britain: the funniest and most idiotic answers given on quiz shows“! Fresh but true humo(u)r from our British friends: some are really knowledgeable about the world! Alex Trelinski (Late Show, BBC Midlands): What is the … Continue reading

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Blogfesores 2009 – 7/8 mayo 09

El Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje en Línea (IDEAL) y la Biblioteca General del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, convocan a todos los interesados a participar en el Tercer Congreso de Blogfesores que se celebrará el … Continue reading

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education 2.0, for real

Education rewired: a few students from Catalonia (and their teacher) built a helium balloon,  equipped it with a cheap digital camera, some sensors, and launched it. Its instruments connected the camera to earth and transmitted its position data to the … Continue reading

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ebooks and iPhones, thanks to Amazon

Kindle for iPhone: Read Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch “Read more than 245,000 Kindle Books on Your iPhone or iPod Touch” This is what happens when two platforms meet. Any doubt about the future of the book? … Continue reading

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Canada’s science minister is a creationist?

Canada’s science minister is a creationist – Boing Boing, also from a Tweet by Stephen Downes. Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution. … Continue reading

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