Author Archives: seth

Twittering

I am, however, twittering.  Catch me @isforinsects if you want to keep up with my minute-to-minute escapades.  Part of the reason I’m dissatisfied with the lawblog is that I can’t embed js/flash widgets to show twitter updates :(.

Haitus

Hey everybody.  It’s that time of year :S

I have been completely swamped with work, and a little unhappy with the limitations of the MUwordpress here at Harvard.  I’m considering moving my blag back to isforinsects.com or to a l.o address, or something else entirely.

Anyway, just wanted to let you all know that I wont be [...]

OLPC: Three years this August

I finally found an email I’ve been searching for.  This email marks my first interaction with OLPC and my first attempt to get involved with OLPC Content.

Hello, I work with the <snip>; a non-profit organization that does history presentations on the middle ages for schools, libraries and museums in the Pacific Northwest.  We do demonstrations and lectures on historical [...]

EM Spectra Properties

This is a great example of content that needs to be on the XO.  I found this .svg (scalable vector graphics) file over at wiki commons, which is a great source for educational images.  It’s where I found the images for the Dinosaur eBook actually.

The translation for this image shouldn’t be too hard either.  While [...]

One Dinosaur Book Per Child: Leveled Reader

This post comes from my old blog, which you can still find here: one-dinosaur-book-per-child-leveled-reader

Those of you familiar with early English language education may be familiar with the concept of a leveled reader. The basic idea is that of a book that very carefully and slowly increases vocabulary. They are very important, if dull, [...]