Google 20
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At the AITP National Collegiate Conference, I attended a session on creating collaborative online communities for students. One idea was hiring student bloggers to introduce people to technologies and encourage careers for women and minority groups in the IT area. They showed a video (which I haven’t found yet, but I’m still looking) about women working at Google. One of the things that I was impressed by was the Google 20 where 20% of your time could be spent working on YOUR project. I think that could be applied to a lot of things including the classroom!
OnStar to the Rescue!
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Trying to be “green,” I reached over my seat to get the canvas bags I had for grocery shopping. Somehow, while I was doing this, my car keys ended up in the front seat now behind a locked car door!
Never fear, OnStar is here! Now, what was that number? I dialed 800-4OnStar. Got a busy signal. Figured OnStar shouldn’t be busy so I called my husband. He looked up the number — it was 888 not 800! He called for me — I guess I also needed a password I didn’t have.
It did work just like you see in the commercials! My car was unlocked in seconds.
Thanks, OnStar (and hubbie, too)!
IDEAS Project Status Report for September 2007
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Here is my status report for the Podcasting IDEAS project that I completed last year, as well as the status on my new projects for the 2007-08 year. Learn more about our IDEAS at: http://www.eicc.edu/internal/chancellors_initiatives/ideas/index.html
This episode contains:
- Summary and insights from the Podcasting IDEAS project from 2006-07
- Trials and tribulations of owning and caring for an iPod
- Status on 2007-08 IDEAS Project on Developing and Interdisciplinary Game Development Curriculum
- Status on 2007-08 IDEAS Project on establishing an EICCD presence in Second Life
This episode was recorded on my way back from the Second Life Community Conference held in Chicago on August 24-26, 2007.
