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March 17, 2009

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This is the first time I’ve made a tournament bracket. I have no idea what I’m doing. I don’t really like basketball, but I do think the college game is better than the NBA. At least they play defense. So, here are my picks. I expect to be completely wrong, but it should be fun [...]

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March 14, 2009

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For some reason I haven’t been posting photos lately (though I have taken quite a few). So, to make up for not posting them, here is a slideshow of some I took today of L.J. Herman’s 2nd Hand Shop, located in East Windsor, N.J. This shop holds a special place in my memory. As a child [...]

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March 5, 2009

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We began Information Architecture this semester by looking at the construction of language through the use of metaphors. Earlier I posted about the metaphors we use during class discussion. Today on Twitter @DocMara pointed to an excellent documentary by Honda that investigates the idea of failure in the innovation process. It seems that Honda has [...]

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February 26, 2009

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One of the main goals of my courses is for students to reflect on what they are learning as they are going through the process of completing an assignment. That goal has in the past been fulfilled by Learning Record Observations, which are 3 – 5 sentence snapshots students write about the work students are [...]

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