I had complaints that it was difficult to find material on the site, so I am just changing the theme…
Still finding my way around a new theme – and guess am going to have to manually go through and change the image sizes!
TweetKeep Calm and Carry On Variations should be banned says @charltonbrooker
Charlie Brooker, always one to speak plainly, put getting rid of Keep Calm variations on the top of his ‘Don’t Do in 2012′ list… not sure it’s had much effect!
Read the rest of the article … what else does Charlie Brooker think needs banning?
TweetThanks to @EricaGlaser for this one
http://ericaglasier.com/2012/01/19/keep-calm-about-copyright/
Keep reading for interesting aspects of the story… enjoying:
In 1997 Dr. Bex Lewis, taken with a youthful visit to a museum’s propaganda collection, wrote an authoritative dissertation on the poster. This research is oft-copied but rarely cited (boo).
Thanks! Supporting Creative Commons Licences!!
TweetIn 2000, Barter Books in England reprinted it from a rare original they discovered, and it sold merrily.
History and Educational Technology (@oliverquinlan)
As someone who works in educational technology, and with a first degree/PhD in history, very interesting blog post:
TweetPeople I meet in education are often surprised to learn that my undergraduate degree was not in technology, or anything related to ICT. In fact, I spent three years at Sheffield University studying History, particularly early modern social history. Having moved into a career based on education and technology, it would be easy for me to dismiss the importance of this part of my learning. However, I have recently realised that the study of History has shaped my thinking more deeply than I sometimes think.
I always think the importance of History is contrast. Learning about the past gives a different perspective, one which makes us question the way things are today, and how they might be. It is a bit more complex than simply ‘learning from our mistakes’, or even some notion of progress towards some greater, more developed state. What I think it does is provide a mirror we can hold up to our selves; to see what has changed, what has remained the same, and why that is. It helps us to see the constants of being human.
Read full article.
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