This is the 3rd article in a series about using the Internet and social media as an educational resource.
Ah, Matt Damon: The quintessential tough guy who, at the same time, seems oh-so-vulnerable. Right?
But why are his most famous roles so hard to relate to? I mean, an amnesic spy? I totally know how he feels… A psychic who communicates with the dead? For sure not. Even the role that made him famous was fairly ridiculous: Will Hunting, the M.I.T. janitor who’s actually a math genius.
Tags: college, Education, university
Categories: campus geek
Environmentally minded youths have a bad rap for being confrontational and rudely brazen about the superiority of their lifestyle choices. It’s a stereotype that’s reinforced through any number of media outlets, whether it’s the news reporting on a radical environmental group or a lazy college party movie depicting eco-friendly types as hemp wearing and patchouli scented bums. These are the environmental caricatures that will go to dangerous lengths to get their message across, and ones that are referenced by conservative groups who openly mock them. Such a stereotype is hardly the image that a typical college student would want to suggest if they’re keen on socializing.
Believe it or not, the majority of environmentally conscientious people are neither militant nor lacking in proper hygiene. If you’re already a fairly green person, that’s not such a hard pill to swallow. But if you’re trying to make your case to people who are skeptical of green initiatives, you might have a more difficult time explaining your perspectives and opinions.
Tags: college life, going green, NSCS, TalkNerdy2Me
Categories: campus geek, eco geek
This is the 2nd article in a series about using the Internet and social media as an educational resource.
So, you’re preparing for a big trip and you want to brush up on a language. Or maybe you’re at a decent level and want to take things up a notch. Whatever your reason, we all want to feel like a native when abroad, and we’ve all heard that immersion is the best way to learn a language.
Tags: Education, language, music
Categories: campus geek
This is the 1st article in a series about using the Internet and social media as an educational resource.
Cute kittens and people getting hit where the sun don’t shine. That’s what YouTube’s all about, right?
Wrong. Though the funny, adorable and delusional have all found their niche on YouTube, a lot of people aren’t aware that the website gives you access to some of the best educational resources in the world, for free.
Tags: Education, grovo, teachers, YouTube
Categories: campus geek
This week I was in five different airports in three days and decided to do a bit of an experiment. Usually when I travel, my attention is either on: my blackberry, my laptop, my kindle, or trying to make it through security and then find overhead room with way too much carry-on luggage. I am in me-world: focused on myself, my to-do’s, my schedule, my stuff.
The experiment I engaged in was to check out of me-world for a while and check in to the world. I wondered what I would notice if put aside my electronic addictions and paid attention to the world around me. I consciously engaged in not only people watching, but listening as well. I loved observing how people interacted and responded to each other. Sure I may not have been as productive, but if I had stayed in me-world I would have missed out on witnessing two women toast their first girls-trip together with girlish enthusiasm, an elderly gentleman go out of his way to assist a young woman struggling upstairs with her luggage even though he was probably weaker than she was, a business man waiting for his wife at the airport holding a paper sign with a big heart probably hand drawn with a pink highlighter from his office, and a couple at dinner being thoroughly entertained and engaged in the stories their children were sharing.
Tags: advice, Albert Einstein, Christine Hassler, inspiration
Categories: campus geek
