Learn By Doing

A Lifelong Learner Shares Thoughts About Education

Author: John Walker

  • Your Brain on Computers @ NYTimes

    Use Computers?  Read the NYTimes series on Your Brain on Computers where “Articles in this series examine how a deluge of data can affect the way people think and behave”. The two that I found the most interesting were Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime and for background Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying…

  • Free Classes Online

    Online Education Database has this finder to locate free classes for credit. They have this to say: When else have you ever heard of free classes for credit? Online education has opened up countless numbers of doors for Americans everywhere, and offering free classes to students is only one of the many. Online education began…

  • A Great Summer Project: Vote Aug 9 -10

    This lifelong learner and contributor needs the sewing machine, vote for him! Puff Embroidery Flat Brimmed Hat – More DIY How To Projects

  • 2010: How I Spent My Summer!

    This summer I haven’t posted as I was out riding across the TransAmerica, TransAm, #acatransam! The trail took me from Yorktown, VA to Portland, OR. See the trip, with notes and pix on Google Maps or TrackMyTour. I am decompressing at present and haven’t even cleaned or performed maintenance on my Rivendell Atlantis: Home 4,143…

  • Music Sharing Tricks for Windows 7

    I read David Pogue’s post on 4 Music Sharing Tricks for Windows 7 and successfully setup my Windows 7 machine to share my media over the Internet.  How fun is that!  At least now as soon as I get the files organized into Windows Media I can find them via the Internet very easily without…