Wrong Tool, Right Reasons
What would make a person ride a retro cruiser with one gear from the HUB on Penn State’s main campus to their home in Boalsburg in 81 degree weather with 65% humidity? Why would you do it in jeans? There are several reasons and it all makes sense when you think of the human race and our ability to push boundaries and use tools in innovative ways.
The first reason that I rode a bike with one gear "around the mountain" is because I could ride a bike with one gear and a set of handlebars made for cruising from work to my home. I could do it and I wanted to do it. It’s just that simple.
My Favorite New Tool
My favorite new tool is an automatic pencil sharpener. Yup that’s right, a pencil sharpener. It’s really not even new, as an invention or in terms of model, but it’s new to me. It’s vintage with a faux wood grain around the barrel that holds the mechanisms and batteries with a beautiful guilloches pattern on the top. The top is clear plastic and holds the shavings and houses the blade. Around the top part that spins and sharpens your pencil are the words,”Press Gently.” Words of wisdom both for the act of sharpening and for sketching.
Children’s Internet Protection Act and Educational Use of Technology
How exactly do I incorporate the social interactivity of the latest technologies, such as blogs, video, chat, and keep young people in K-12 classrooms safe from bad people? Is it different for people 18 and over who are in some form of post-secondary education? What about confidentiality?
The Federal Communications Commission’s web site on the Children’s Internet Protection Act says: