Entries by Brandon Muramatsu

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muraPOI: January 23, 2011 – Movies and Doctors

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Movie Theaters? Doctors? In the end, death. Movies in theaters, I suffer through; doctors the same. Both of these topics revolve around large sums of money. Both lead to death in… Continue Reading muraPOI: January 23, 2011 – Movies and Doctors

January 25, 2012 by
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muraPOI: January 23, 2012

Lessons for Kickstarter creators from the worst project I ever funded on Kickstarter: Matt Haughey writes a cautionary tale for Kickstarter founders and investors. The comments are also revealing. It’s all about setting expectations and managing communications. If you want everyone to have a good experience, be clear about where you’re at in the process… Continue Reading muraPOI: January 23, 2012

January 23, 2012 by

Kudos to Bridge to Success Team

+Esther Wojcicki shared our Educause article on Google+. Esther’s a well respected educator, high school journalism teacher, vice chair of the Creative Commons board, and open education advocate. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

January 23, 2012 by

Scanner vs. Camera Phone for Problem Sets

Homework for most assignments in engineering classes require students to create pages full of calculations. For most classes, students turn in their assignments as hand-written documents. Some classes, and some students, turn in PDF files with solutions generated through Microsoft Word or LaTeX or some other program that allows them to write equations. But that’s… Continue Reading Scanner vs. Camera Phone for Problem Sets

January 22, 2012 /2 Comments/by

Friday Fear: AKA Lexington Census

I’m glad the city I live in thinks so lowly of their residents that they threaten us, first. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

January 20, 2012 by

CaPRéT JISC CETIS Comments and Responses

Here are the comments on CaPRéT from JISC CETIS (in italics) along with our responses. Deliverables Has the tabular display and .csv export facility been completed? CETIS and JISc have considerable interest in seeing the tracking information that has been gathered for the sites that we have “capret-enabled”. Yes, we’ve completed the tabular display and csv… Continue Reading CaPRéT JISC CETIS Comments and Responses

January 19, 2012 by
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muraPOI: January 16, 2012 — Open Courses, Accreditation and MITx

Here’s the post I was planning on publishing the evening of December 18th, right before the announcement of MITx. I found it great that Inside Higher Ed ran two articles the week before the announcement about the Stanford open courses and accreditation. I thought it’d be a great lead in to the certification discussed as… Continue Reading muraPOI: January 16, 2012 — Open Courses, Accreditation and MITx

January 16, 2012 by
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Feature Friday: Copying URL’s/Text from Websites

Fred Wilson on his AVC.com blog hosted an interesting discussion in November 2011, Feature Friday: Copy URL. Jim Hirschfield from tynt.com chimed in with a couple comments that I find interesting in light of the things we’re trying with CaPRéT. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px”… Continue Reading Feature Friday: Copying URL’s/Text from Websites

January 13, 2012 /1 Comment/by