Apace of Change

in education, technology, and psychology

Category: Web 2.0

The Fine Print


My kids’ daycare sends home flyers every so often advertising this program or that that our kids can participate in beyond what the normal tuition fee covers – pull-out classes for music, gymnastics; that sort of thing.  The other day a flyer came home advertising a dance class.  There was nothing unusual about it, but [...]

Blogging for Better Behavior


From the psychology 101/”self-help” files:
Two years ago I blogged about my attempts to change an undesired behavior of mine using some pretty basic behavior management techniques.  This evening, I’m going to come at this from another angle: increasing desired behavior through blogging.
“Journaling”, or writing down reflections & analyses of one’s own behavior, is one of [...]

Mapping Out My Mind


The other night, I got to thinking about some things I’ve got coming up on the horizon, both personal and professional.  The funny thing about it was that with each new thought, I came up with another two or three tangentially related things I’d like to accomplish.  In a way, it was almost overwhelming to [...]