Archive for the ‘Climate’ Category
Where Has All The Ice Gone?
Posted in Business, Climate, Discovery, Education, Global Warming, Human Resources, Learning, tagged antarctica, Climate, Education, Learning, lesson, teacher on February 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Getting Past Preconceived Notions
Posted in Business, Climate, Education, Global Warming, Human Resources, tagged Education, evaluation, Global Warming, Instructional Design, Learning, test on February 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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In order for new learning to happen, you often have to clear out and challenge beliefs and preconceived notion. One very interesting way to do this is a pre-test. I found this one which is really good. The trick here is to forgot about the topic but rather see how the simple test challenges your beliefs and that you may know this already.
Ready… Here it is. http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/GlobWarmTest
The Quality of Scientific Predictions
Posted in Change Management, Climate, Discovery, Education, Global Warming, Learning, Myths, tagged Education, Global Warming, Learning, Science, trends on January 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Science is good at a lot of things. Predictions aren’t one of them. It’s still hard to pick a winning horse at the track. But this is just my observation so I did a little homework. Here’s an interesting article about the quality of scientific predictions. Try not to get caught up on what the prediction is about. That’s not the point. It’s about the ability to predict. Also I’m not talking about the ability to predict what happens when you mix two chemicals. I’m talking about predicting what will happen in a complex system like real life.
Footprints in the Snow
Posted in Business, Climate, Education, Human Resources, Learning, tagged Business, Education, Learning, snow on January 7, 2008| 1 Comment »
I was working on a project at Disney several years back when I learned a design technique they used called footprints in the snow. What they would do is set the landscaping and then after a while, they’d come back and look at all the areas that were beaten down by foot traffic. That’s were people really want to walk.
So what they’d do is redo where all the paths were so that they matched where people wanted to walk. This is a different strategy than putting up fences or keep off the grass signs. I think it’s a good technique for a lot things. If people aren’t doing what you want, take a look at the footprints in the snow and make some changes.
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
Posted in Climate, Global Warming, Learning, tagged Beliefs, Climate, Education, Global Warming, Learning on January 6, 2008| 1 Comment »
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So if we didn’t have three feet of snow on the ground and it wasn’t freezing I’d say a bicycle is still a good bet.
Fur Coats and Felt Hats – Whew!! It’s Cold
Posted in Climate, Russia, tagged Climate Change, Global Warming, Russia on January 3, 2008| 2 Comments »
I found this to be both an interesting article and website. I really haven’t read much Russian press before. I’m going to let the article stand for itself with no comment. I’ll leave that up to you. A Cold Spell
I have to amend this post. This is getting to be too much. It’s now snowing in Florida.