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Learn to Play an Instrument Online [How To]

http://lifehacker.com/ 391435/ learn-to-play-an-instrument-online

Chances are at one point or another, you've either purchased an instrument or considered doing so with the intention of learning to play it; most of us, however, never get around the the learning part. The internet is a glorious fount of freely available information, and it's slowly filling up with excellent tutorials for getting good at just about anything-including playing a new instrument. ...

1 day ago in Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

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Quick, Block Del.icio.us
http://www.assortedstuff.com/ ?p=2544

I’m not a fan of internet filtering systems. At all! Simply banning web sites doesn’t teach students anything about safely using the net and it excuses some educators from having to manage web access. However, I do understand that filters are a political reality and that there is some material on the internet that needs to be blocked from student view.

1 hour ago by tstahmer in AssortedStuff — Just what it says! · Authority: 132
Adaptation versus adaptability
http://nlpers.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ adaptation-versus-adaptability.html

Domain adaptation is, roughly, the following problem: given labeled data drawn from one or more source domains, and either (a) a little labeled data drawn from a target domain or (b) a lot of unlabeled data drawn from a target domain; do the following. Produce a classifier (say) that has low expected loss on new data drawn from the target domain.

1 hour ago by hdaume in natural language processing blog · Authority: 27
missional ignorance
http://nextreformation.com/ ?p=2170

In Reaching Out Henri Nouwen talks about the importance of weakness and poverty as we go out (Luke 10:4). He writes on poverty of mind (slightly adapted here), “Someone who is filled with ideas, concepts, opinions and convictions cannot show hospitality. There is no inner space to listen, no openness to discover the gift of the other.

1 hour ago by lenhjal in NextReformation · Authority: 117
Cast 498 and the Moment Before
http://troutwaders.com/ blog/ ?p=210

I say moment. It could be a period of time as well. For me, it was about a fly cast 498. I was just about to shatter the glassy surface of the water by throwing my fly rod into it. Everything within a 25 foot radius of me had felt the built up frustration within me. Intermixed [...]

1 hour ago by mudly1 in Trout Waders | Fly Fishing Journal of a Rookie Downstream · Authority: 19
Student Creativity and Writing (on) the Web
http://www.tamaleaver.net/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ student-creativity-and-writing-on-the-w…

One of the things I’ve been thinking about a lot this semester has been the way my teaching does - or doesn’t - encourage my students to develop that elusive, highly ambiguous but universally sought-after quality of creativity.

2 hours ago by tamaleav in Tama Leaver dot Net · Authority: 25
Blackboard comes to Facebook
http://www.web2learning.net/ archives/ 1738

This doesn’t make me like Blackboard anymore, but it’s worth mentioning that you can now access Blackboard via Facebook with a new app. Let’s face it. You would live on Facebook if you could. Imagine a world where you could manage your entire life from Facebook – it’s not that far off! Right now, though, one thing missing is your academic life.

2 hours ago by talia679 in What I Learned Today… · Authority: 127
Getting Overinvolved in School
http://www.assortedstuff.com/ ?p=2542

In this morning’s Post, a teacher from our overly-large school district has some things to say about parental involvement. His focus is not only the lack of participation, however, but on those who are “overinvolved” in their children’s education. Let me be clear: The vast majority of parents with whom we deal are wonderful and supportive.

2 hours ago by tstahmer in AssortedStuff — Just what it says! · Authority: 132
31 day comment challenge reflections
http://futura.edublogs.org/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ 31-day-comment-challenge-reflections/

How are our online conversations part of our own learning? I’ve been loosely participating in the 31 Day Comment Challenge, (which is an effort to focus on improving blog comments through various activities.) It’s been a little bit of a learning curve for me to figure out how to use coComment,

3 hours ago in Not So Distant Future · Authority: 82
SurgeXperiences 122 -- Call for Submissions
http://rlbatesmd.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ surgexperiences-122-call-for.html

The 22nd edition will be hosted by an Australia surgeon, The Paper Mask, who calls himself Sheepish. The edition will be published on May 25th. You should submit you posts here by May 23rd. All previous and upcoming editions of SurgeXperiences are listed here.

3 hours ago in Suture for a Living · Authority: 123
Wedding Day But Not Gay
http://steve-warren.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ wedding-day-but-not-gay.html

-Sunday ... good morning everyone. -Welcome to our blog ... Warren here (61) and Steve my young hung partner (35) is sleeping away like a new born baby in bed. -Our weather this morning is clear and cool at 36 degrees with a north west wind at about 6.0 miles per hour.

4 hours ago by viewonsuperior in Our View On Superior · Authority: 35