Nutmeg: In my time on SDN, the two most commonly misspelled words seem to be:
Argument (not arguement)
and Definitely (not definately)
Usually the spell checkers get hassled for being pedantic, but on this thread it seems appropriate to point out spelling errors. You don’t want to make these mistakes on the test.
Schools use virtual notices in times of real danger Universities keep parents, students in the loop with Web postings, hotlinesBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 1, 2007
After University of Wisconsin-Madison police got reports of an armed, suicidal man near the university hospital last Tuesday, officials locked down part of campus and alerted students using Facebook, e-mail and the school's Web site.
UW Extension again cut from Walker budget County chief says programs not vital; supervisors say it's just ployBy STEVE SCHULTZE
sschultze@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 1, 2007
University of Wisconsin Extension programs could cease in Milwaukee County next year, a casualty of County Executive Scott Walker's no-levy-increase budget.
Group hopes to boost JROTC Declining student participation threatens Greenfield programBy DANI McCLAIN
dmcclain@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 1, 2007
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Greenfield High School may be in its final year, and parents of involved students have set out to turn the tide of declining enrollment.
Skills 2.0 is immediately belongings of this month’s Work/Learning Blog Gala hosted through Manish Mohan.
My circumstance up-to-date T&D, the diary of ASTD, was published this thirty days, prep added to granting you’re a party of ASTD you’ll gaze it fashionable the publication document if not you bottle approach it online. On the road to those who aren’t people, I’ve immovable the concept, nevertheless of way it doesn’t observe since spiffy on account of the published one.
Tags: SkillsInstitutes to share research incubator Building to start in spring at MadisonBy KATHLEEN GALLAGHER
kgallagher@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 1, 2007
A planned $150 million research and business incubator in Madison will be housed in one building, with two institutes representing the public and private sectors each having their own lab areas.
First let me say that the comments on the previous post have been pretty amazing and thought provoking. I want to comment on the comments at some point, but first I just wanted to throw out this excerpt from Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins. This is, like, Part 3 in my blog book report.
There is a chapter where he talks about the efforts of some Survivor (the TV show) fans to “spoil” the season’s outcome by collectively gathering intelligence and comparing notes on the evidence all in an attempt to determine the winner well before the season finale. It’s a pretty interesting description of a long, complex process that relies of the work of the group but still bumps up against the “who can you trust” issues that we all face these days.
Tags: Collective, Experts, Intelligence