WordPress makes it really easy to publish pictures & text online. At the same time, for those who are new to WordPress and have little clue of pixel sizes of pictures that they are uploading online…it can be quite easy to get photo embed errors on your website. The kind of error that I am [...]

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The $75 Computer: Inching Closer to the “Burger Laptop Problem”

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Today there is an article at Forbes.com about the 75 USD computer from OLPC (One Laptop Per Child). You can find the link here. This is how it looks like. (Photo Source: Forbes.com) In my classes, I shared with my students about a future when computers will be so cheap that it will be given [...]

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A Perfect Game to Illustrate Meaninglessness

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One of the goals of Positive Psychology is to help create organizations that create meaning for its employees. With that in mind, I came across an interesting game from MolleIndustria called “Everyday the Same Dream.” What really impressed me about this game is its ability to deliver a message in simple illustrations and game play. [...]

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Using Wolfram Alpha for Math Training

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While ALEKS is an excellent tool to use for the purpose of learning and practicing math problems, one thing that is missing in ALEKS is helping students use their own problems and showing them the steps to solve it. ALEKS generate its own problems. This is excellent for the purpose that it is made for [...]

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How to Upgrade to Evernote 3.5 Beta

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I have been a user of Evernote for a couple of months now. It has become part of my life and workflow. In this post I will be sharing steps to take to update to the latest version of Evernote (it is still in Beta, be warned). Select All Notebooks Right click on All Notebooks [...]

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