Learn By Doing

A Lifelong Learner Shares Thoughts About Education

Author: John Walker

  • We Want to See What’s In Your Pockets

    We Want to See What’s In Your Pockets You showed us your go bags, and frankly, they were fantastic. But many of you pointed out that the whole go bag business seemed overwhelming—that you’re minimalists who’ve stripped down your needs to whatever you can fit in your pockets. So for next week’s show and tell,…

  • Women in Technology

    Women in Technology This series is comprised of articles written by women on the topic of “Women in Technology,” which will run through September. My hope is that the myriad of experiences you read about here will showcase how valuable it is to hear from different women at all stages of their careers and lives.…

  • How can we best attract youngsters to IT careers? Let’s try asking them

    SiliconValley.com – How can we best attract youngsters to IT careers? Let’s try asking them Fall is here – students are back in class and the information technology industry is back to wondering how it can persuade young Americans to enter IT and other science, technology, engineering and math fields. The annual round of hand-wringing…

  • How to Create RSS feeds with Dreamweaver

    How to Create RSS feeds with Dreamweaver There are several tools for publishing RSS feeds widely available on the Internet, with a range of prices from free on up. The problem with most of the tools is that they require a fair bit of work to get your content into the feed you are creating.…

  • Education Goes Online: 25 Free Online Education Resources

    Education Goes Online: 25 Free Online Education Resources We learned on Friday that you can now select a YouTube-related course through Pitzer College. But while a course about YouTube is surprising to some, the web is actually a treasure trove of education-related resources, including lots of video lectures, educational wikis and podcasts. The key sites…