As hacks seem to occur daily, what is a reasonable expectation of security for us regular folks?

In one of many of their posts covering the topic, Ars shared a brief writeup a short time ago on some of the cause, negligence, and aftermath of the Equifax breach…

How Are We Going to Feed the World if We Need Exponentially Growing Amounts of Food?

Many of my partner’s family members are farmers, so I like to think about the complexity of food production from time to time, especially when we visit the family farm. It’s good brain…

Should The Products We Buy Always be Expected to Work at Full Capacity? (And if Not, Can We Hack Them?)

I found an article by Alex Tabarrok on Marginal Revolution this week discussing an idea that Tesla sells “damaged goods.” It’s a nice piece to get you…

Being Critical of the Digital Forces that Influence Our Lives

I want to get back into my weekly journal writing in which I reflect on stuff I find interesting and relevant to using tech in a principled way in both education and daily life. I enjoyed it quite a bit when I was getting…

Mastering The Search Bar

For educators, there’s more than Google to navigate the sea of information

Google permeates every piece of real estate in the online world. Everywhere you turn on the web, Google encourages visitors to find what they’re looking for. They promise an ease in…

Does This Book Have Pictures?

Quick thoughts on digital visuals for getting ideas across effectively — for both students and teachers!

“That picture book is for kids!” — said every person who tried to sound smart, ever.

Everyone’s Got A Bit of Librarian In Them

The pedagogical value of collecting digital media wIth archive and curation tools

How do we begin to keep track of the numerous resources available on the web when working on a research project? What happens when you want to send…

Digital Show and Tell Has Become Sophisticated!

The educational value of screencapturing digital device displays

We’ve all endured it before. Tech support via phone or written instructions can be one of the most excruciating experiences in humanity. It’s eternally…

Learning to Trust The Crowd

The quality and educational value of Wikipedia and other editable, crowd-based information sources

By now, any person who uses the web every day has heard the arguments against Wikipedia, the web’s favorite collection of information. With anyone being…

Collecting criteria for evaluating the quality of digital information

Useful habits for evaluating web-based information

I’ve had a lot of conversations lately about what I consider to be “quality” information from the Internet and how to go about finding…