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Out of Stock: Hopefully not a harbinger of things to come… (A re-post from my other blog)

January 7th, 2010
Posted in Entertainment . Living . Technology

A little background... More often than not, over the last year, when I go online looking for a book, I seem to perpetually find myself facing no options to buy it new from the company I went to in the first place. Typically, I’m using Amazon, and I get the message that I can buy [ READ MORE ]

That’s the problem with streaming media…

May 13th, 2009
Posted in Education . Technology

Okay, So I feel like I’m always ranting. I go forever without posting, and then something annoys me, and I go off. I’m really sorry about that… really… I am. Sometime soon, I’ll write a non-ranting post. Today, however, the Juvinalian Muse is upon me. The Quest for Authentic Instruction & Fluency Building In designing [ READ MORE ]

Information Literacy and the Dreaded Citation Packet

August 12th, 2008
Posted in Education . Technology . Uncategorized

The following is an excerpt from an academic paper I’ve been working on, hence the rather formal citations etc. As a teacher of technology, I am very interested in the “new literacies” related to information management, often referred to as Information Literacy, Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, and Network Literacy. I recently read Judy Salpeter’s article, [ READ MORE ]

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The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan May 2, 2012
Heaven's Net is Wide (Tales of the Otori, #5 Prequel) March 29, 2011
The Harsh Cry of the Heron March 29, 2011
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated Introduction March 29, 2011
Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan March 29, 2011

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