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Education 2.0 | The Internet makes us the computer wearing tennis shoes

By Jared | Published: December 2, 2008
I’ve got a confession. I love the ’95 remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, the one with Kirk Cameron —not Kurt Russell. Having access to all that information just seemed really cool. For those unfamiliar, here’s a quick summary: This average guy, Dexter Reilly, zaps himself working on a state-of-the-art computer and suddenly he’s [...]
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Bookmarks for October 17th through October 19th

By jssilfies | Published: October 19, 2008
These are my links for October 17th through October 19th: The Blogging Scholarship – Applying for this blogging scholarship. Hoping for the best! Daniel Dura » TwitterCamp – Great AIR app for showing a lot of recent Tweets in an intuitive interface. Can be helpful for tracking breaking news just like watching cable news stations. [...]
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TNTJ: What I want to do in journalism — Covering the environment as a journalist who cares

By Jared | Published: October 12, 2008
This post is part of this month’s “Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists.” Each month a group of young journalists picks a topic to blog about, similar to “The Carnival of Journalism.” For October 2008, the TNTJ topic is What would your ideal journalism job be and why? I wasn’t always interested in journalism. In high school [...]
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Bookmarks for October 6th from 11:04 to 15:59

By jssilfies | Published: October 6, 2008
These are my links for October 6th from 11:04 to 15:59: This American Life – Another Frightening Show About the Economy: Follow-up to "The Giant Pool of Money." This American Life – The Giant Pool of Money: Makes me feel very insecure about the nature of the Wall St. downturn. All Atwitter Over Twitter « [...]
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Bookmarks for October 2nd through October 4th

By jssilfies | Published: October 5, 2008
These are my links for October 2nd through October 4th: Compost Buckets – Composting – Outdoor – Eco Home & Outdoor – Gaiam – Smell-proof compost buckets are a great way to keep everything going without offending my roommates. ReportingOn – The backchannel for your beat. – Ryan Sholin launched ReportingOn this week. The goal, [...]
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