Valley Forge

Where do you go when it is so hot? A place that at least can bring a sense of cold. The American army wintered in Valley Forge and suffered in the cold. They did manage to survive and then to beat the British at Monmouth later that year to help turn the tide.

soldiers hut at Valley Forge

Imagining the cold helped deal with the heat of the day.

Where is your imagination running?

A friendly reminder that I write in a few other places so if it is quiet here, it may be because I have been too busy elsewhere. (Yes, an opportunity for me to better manage my time. It is a constant challenge as you, I am sure, are well aware.)

So what is out there today?

A call to share the snow art that you find in the neighborhood
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/03/snow-art.html

A call for sparkplugs to help with Healthy Futures Franklin
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/03/healthy-future-franklin-seeks-community.html

A Friday night out with food for a good cause!
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/03/calling-all-foodies.html

A newly found poem. In that when I came up to our bed room, I found Dolores' exercise pants in a neat little pile and my imagination ran with it!
http://www.quietpoet.com/2013/03/sherku-exercise.html


What are you doing today?

Caine's Arcade

School's out here in Franklin this week. Hopefully, there is some time for imaginations to play. Will someone create a Caine's Arcade? No, it has already been done.




But with your imagination you can do anything else!


Found here http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=1055

5 for Friday: from text vs. images to engagement

Text or image? The great battle.
Text is searchable. Image unless tagged is not readily so.

Put simply,the more visual the input becomes, the more likely it is to be recognized—and recalled.  John Medina

Google understand images and is reported to be doing lots of work on image recognition. One simple tool they have come up with will help you visualize how users will see you website.

To help you understand how everyone sees your website, we created a tool called Browser Size in our 20% time. Browser Size is based on a sample of data from visitors to google.com. Special code collects data on the height and width of the browser for a sample of users.

With the right image and the right layout, you can present a better site for the visitor. One that they would be more likely to engage with.

51 very eclectic and informational resources from the importance of middle management to fantastic pictures of 2009 to engage you in work and the world around you:

From employees to students, engagement is important.

Do you recognize the “wow” of your students? Are we cultivating such passion? Angela shares a story of a young learner and the habits necessary to ignite such a wow in students

Telling a compelling story can bring the readers to a different place. A place they want to come back to, and hopefully will to get that feeling again.

I’d used up my savings trying to make ends meet, supplementing as best I could with the money I earned from a dangerous part-time job that gave me all of 4 hours pay a week at minimum wage. I had been looking for a better job, but there were none to be had in the low-income/high-unemployment area where I lived.

I hope you enjoy this Five for Friday roundup:


You can read the full post here for the John Medina quote
You can read the full Google posting here
You can find David Zinger's 51 engaging items here
You can find Angela Meier's presentation here
You can find the inside story about James Chartrand here

How many dimensions are there?

Via one of my newsletters, I find this cool link explaining the 10th dimensions.

Now, wait a minute? I have heard of the 10 kingdoms (one of my daughters favorite movies) but I thought there were only four dimensions?

I guess there are more than 4!

Use the side Navigation to view the 11 minute video "Imagining the 10th Dimensions"

The author, Rob Bryanton, has his own blog; Imagining the 10th Dimensions

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