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  • 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…

  • Upcoming Major Event Days

    Off topic: It’s easy to participate in the annual Talk Like A Pirate Day, coming up Wednesday. Throw in the occasional “Arrr” or “Me hearties,” and you should pass muster. But you’ll want to start thinking now about what you want to do on Dec. 8, which is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day.…

  • Tech Savvy Use of Moodle

    http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/09/tech-savvy-learning-communities-la.html Infinite Thinking Machine Tech Savvy Learning Communities (a la Moodle) Saturday, September 15, 2007 Posted by Lucie deLaBruere “The daily working life of most teachers is one of unrelieved time pressure and isolation; they work, largely alone, in a classroom of 25-30 children or adolescents for hours every day.” Prisoners of Time. National Education…

  • Questions Graphic Design Employers will ask job applicants

    Questions Graphic Design Employers will ask job applicants Anyway, Anne-Marie went on to gather “questions” from design associates, and in her October issue presented a follow up article More “Telling” Interview Questions from Readers. Again, I enjoyed the article, nodding my head in agreement until an idea occurred to me. I got in touch with…

  • Trailfire

    Trailfire Find what you want on the web in an entirely new way. Follow trails of web pages and discover new ideas, hot topics, reviews… Learn more. http://trailfire.com/Marje/trailview/41845