Gimelstob tweets during Newport doubles match

I just spent the last two weeks at the Western & Southern Financial Group Master's and Women's Open Tennis Tournaments. All the top male and female players in the world were there. I volunteered as a marshall, plus attended matches, so I was able to see many players up close.

Since tennis stars are unhindered by team owners, head coaches and the like, Twitter is running rampant on and off the court, according to The New York Times. Roddick might not be the sport's darling he once was, but he's certainly tennis' tweeting phenom!

I would have enjoyed seeing Justin Gimelstob tweeting during his doubles tennis match. Read how he managed to tweet even though cell phones are not allowed on the tennis court.

Gimelstob tweets during Newport doubles match

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Do you Twitter?

Are you posting your children's pictures on a public blog? Here's what happened to one family.

Mom Jenni Brennan Finds Baby's Photo on Craigslist Ad

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Would You Pay for Google Services?

What if Google Wasn't Free?

I have been using GMail since 2006. I can't image losing all of those emails, especially from my family. I also use iGoogle, Google Calender, Google Reader, Blogger, Google Docs, Google Groups, Picassa, Sketchup, Google Earth, Google Toolbar and Search, plus I have my Google email on my Blackberry. I would be lost without Google. So, I would pay for Google services? YES, YES, a thousand times Yes. Gosh, I paid for CompuServe when I first signed on to that service in 1979 and all I had was email.

So, are you willing to pay for Google?

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Have Your Critical Thinking And Analysis Skills Declined Because of Technology?

Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?

ScienceDaily (2009-01-29) -- As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to psychological research.

A quote in this article that really attracted my attention was:

Another study Greenfield analyzed found that college students who watched "CNN Headline News" with just the news anchor on screen and without the "news crawl" across the bottom of the screen remembered significantly more facts from the televised broadcast than those who watched it with the distraction of the crawling text and with additional stock market and weather information on the screen.

I admit that sometimes I do focus more on the crawling text than on the news anchor. Yet, this is a conscious decision. I can get just the facts and not the extra commentary by the news anchor. Since the crawl is typically geared to the slowest common dominator reading speed, it does sometimes take too long to read some headlines. In Europe, they just post the headline at the bottom without the crawl. I like that better as I can read it quickly and see it all at once.

Perhaps the students in this study were tested on the minute facts as presented by the news anchor. So, sure, the students with the "news crawl" probably were not focusing on those types of details. If they were tested on how many diferent news-related items they remembered, they might have scored higher than the students who were just watching the news anchor. So, as with any test, you can get the results you want for your study just by asking the “right” questions.

Read the article yourself and let me know what you think. Are your critical thinking skills declining because of technology????

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University of California - Los Angeles. "Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?." ScienceDaily 29 January 2009. 11 July 2009 .

Google Reader

Google Reader is a tool for gathering, reading, and sharing all the interesting blogs and websites you read on the web. Google Reader did a survey where it asked its readers to use one word to describe Google Reader. Check out the blog post for the results. If you decide this tool is for you, look to the right under shared items to learn how to add this feature to your computer.

Official Google Reader Blog: One word to describe Google Reader...

Official Google Reader Blog: One word to describe Google Reader...

Welcome!

Greetings,

I'm taking an online class this summer on Web 2.0 tools. We are reading Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom by Will Richardson. This book is a good tool for educators to gain an basic understanding of the Read/Write Web.

Want to see a preview or read other reviews?

http://www.google.com/books?id=sR1Asxd0JcAC&lpg=PP1&rview=1&pg=PP1


BTW, I bought this book with my own money and it was worth it to me. Will Richardson blogs at http://weblogg-ed.com/.