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Millions of people engage in a sort of textual solitude during their daily commutes. No one seems to be talking with the person next to them, rather co-present with distant connections or immersed in some dort of mediated experience.
(Gentleman surveying his mobile while waiting for a train on the Vienna U2 line.)
Visually challenged people require braille books in order to read, but not many books are available in braille due to cost. EAP technology can dynamically change the surface pattern by way of an electromagnetic signal simulating braille text.
So at the risk of sounding too much like a cheerleader, I’m going to call it right now. Posterous is a Twitter that doesn’t suck, and all the cool kids are going to end up there. I guess I’m not going too far out on a limb there given their traffic graph:
But I think they’re already a way better experience than Twitter, and they’re just getting started.
Thanks, Matt! We promise to fix those Outlook bugs for you :)
2 presentations from AMEE. Prague 2008
Should reflection be assessed? The student perspective
Martina Kelly*1, Siun O Flynn*, Geraldine Boylan*2 (1Dept of General Practice, 2School of Medicine University College Cork,
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Cork, Ireland)
Background: Reflection is widely advocated as a professional skill and is increasingly incorporated into medical education curricula,
as such it is likely to be assessed. Yet little is known about what students think about reflection and how it should be assessed.
Summary of work: After engaging in reflective practice for one academic year, a group of third year medical students were surveyed
to gauge their opinions on the value of reflection. Results were correlated with basic demographics and learning style (Index of
Learning Styles, Feldman & Soloman).
A Blonde was sent
on her way to Heaven. Upon arrival, a concerned St Peter met her at the Pearly
Gates.
'I'm sorry,' St Peter said; 'but we have been forced to put up an Entrance Exam
for new arrivals to heaven.'
'That's cool' said the blonde, 'What does the Entrance Exam consist of?'
'Just three questions' said St Peter.
'Which are?' asked the blonde.
'The first,' said St Peter, 'is, which two days of the week start with the
letter 'T' '?
The second is 'How many seconds are there in a year?'
The third is 'What was the name of the swagman in Waltzing Matilda?'
'Now,' said St Peter, 'Go away and think about those questions and when I call
upon you, I shall expect you to have those answers for me.'
So the blonde went away and gave those three questions some considerable
thought (I expect you to do the same).
The following morning, St Peter called upon the blonde and asked if she had
considered the questions, to which she replied, 'I have.'
'Well then,' said St Peter, 'Which two days of the week start with the letter
T?'
The blonde said, 'Today and Tomorrow.'
St Peter pondered this answer for some time, and decided that indeed the answer
can be applied to the question.
'Well then, could I have your answer to the second of the three questions?' St
Peter went on, 'how many seconds in a year?'
The Blonde replied, 'Twelve!'
'Only twelve?' exclaimed St Peter, 'How did you arrive at that figure?'
'Easy,' said the blonde, 'there's the second of January, the second of
February, right through to the second of December, giving a total of twelve
seconds.'
St Peter looked at the blonde and said, 'I need some time to consider your
answer before I can give you a decision.' And he walked away shaking his head.
A short time later, St Peter returned to the Blonde. 'I'll allow the answer to
stand, but you need to get the third and final question absolutely correct to
be allowed into Heaven. Now, can you tell me the answer to the name of the
swagman in Waltzing Matilda?'
The blonde replied: 'Of the three questions, I found this the easiest to
answer.'
'Really!' exclaimed St Peter, 'And what is the answer?'
'It's Andy.'
'Andy??'
'Yes, Andy,' said the blonde.
This totally floored St Peter, and he paced this way and that, deliberating the
answer. Finally, he could not stand the suspense any longer, and turning to the
blonde, asked 'How in God's name did you arrive at THAT answer?'
'Easy' said the blonde, 'Andy sat, Andy watched, Andy waited til his billy
boiled.'
And the blonde entered Heaven...
Yesterday, after learning to fly and vaguely suitably attired I ventured further into the virtual world of Second Life, to meet Tessa Feinsmith and Fidelius Dollinger of the Ann Myers Medical Center (http://ammc.wordpress.com/)
The Ann Myers Medical Center was developed for the virtual training of Medical and Nursing students and those in other allied health fields. They exist through the voluntary efforts of the educators and students, providing lectures, events & training tools to help students and provide medical professionals available for consultations in areas of psychology, oncology, gastroenterology, general practice and surgery.
It is a Center for collaboration with people from around the world. This is what is impressive about the site.I was given a tour of the Center by Fidelius (who put up with my slightly chaotic meanderings – at one point nearly sitting on her lap), and then Tessa, a lecturer at the Center, met me to explain some of what she is doing with nursing students. The students use the radiology and surgery suites, a simulation lab as well as the lecture theater. And if my virtual mouth could have been open, it would have been.Along with training students using the various facilities at the Center, Tessa is currently preparing a simulation course for early next year. Students attend at a specific time, and interact with both the lecturer and each other.
Tessa is looking for nursing lecturers to help with their simulations by the way – and you can bring along your students as well.
To give you an overall snapshot of what they are doing and building from their blog:
"Holidays are almost over, Academic years all over the world are about to start.
a psychology department has been created
a cardiology department is in the planning phase,
preparations for a conference have been finalized.a radiology terminal [setup] in the Radiology room behind the screen. This terminal holds web sites for radiology images and training...And the schedule for next year:
Year opening AMMC
January 17 at 10 AM SL time
Location AMMC conference centre.
By Dr Ren Stonecutter
!!!! Dress code GALA+AMMC lab jacket :)January intern meeting
Topic coping with stress
January 31 at 10 AM
Locatiobn AMMC conference centre
By Vera ZhaoyingCritical care event
February 14 at 10 AM, SL time
Location AMMC conference centre+grounds
by Endora Mc Kinnon
You get the idea…. if you are interested in working with the Ann Myers Medical Centre leave a comment on their Website http://ammc.wordpress.com/. (see also Berci Meskó's website at http://scienceroll.com for more on virtual elearning sites http://tinyurl.com/39h9s4).
If nothing else you get to be in Second Life and learn to fly…(currently wondering if I need virtual L plates). Maybe travelling by ferry would be a safer way to go.
Ever since seeing the twitter avatar for @bitethedust designed and created by @firstdogonmoon I wanted to get my tribe of 'girl', 'boy 1' and 'boy 2' into a travelling pose.
With the temperature hitting a mean 40 degrees we packed our bags and headed up the highway - (not quite as much dust as Robbo would see though!).
Try and get the next pic with the T-shirt from FirstDogOnTheMoon art collection from RedBubble.com
