Obama’s gmail account

by | Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Did you know that any email sent to barackobama@gmail.com goes to an Indian software developer! Strange but true!

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Jumpstart Repurposing

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New Literacies & TPACK

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Orissa Folklore

Just got an email from a fellow Mishra (no relationship, at least I don't know of any), Dr. Mahendra Mishra who works as the state tribal education coordinator in my home state of Orissa as a part of it's Primary Education Program (more at www.opepa.in). Mahendra He...

John McCain, RIP

John McCain, RIP

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McLuhan on Silver Lining for Learning (5/3)

McLuhan on Silver Lining for Learning (5/3)

This is the fifth of what was supposed to be a three post-series about how media influence our thinking. The first post, uses the invention of writing and print to unpack the meaning of McLuhan’s statement, “The medium is the message.” The second post, focuses on a...

Tech Integration Models and GenAI: Podcast Episode (Part II)

Tech Integration Models and GenAI: Podcast Episode (Part II)

Last week, I shared information about my participation in the Superspeaks | Microsoft EDU podcast on the BAM Radio Network. The discussion focused on technology integration frameworks in the context of Generative AI, featuring a panel of educational technology...

Creativity, computers & the human soul

In his article Is Google making us stupid? the author Nicholas Carr takes Sergi Brin to task for something he had said in a 2004  interview with Newsweek. Brin is quoted as saying “Certainly if you had all the world’s information directly attached to your brain, or an...

Playing with light and shadows

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