Duckworth Design http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog Creative Instruction With Results Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:24:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you paying attention to your students’ needs? As we embark on the first fall semester of our Trekking with Technology for Boosted Learning (EETT funding) via ECBOCES, we’ve started to explore what it is that’s pushing us toward the true focus of students today.  How do they learn?  What will engage them in the classroom?  But ... http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=25 Duckworth Design Awarded 2009 Communicator Award of Excellence The International Academy of the Visual Arts and the Communicator Awards selected Duckworth Design as one of the year’s Award of Excellence Recipients.  Duckworth Design, for its creation of a new employee orientation video for a Denver-based corporation, received an Award of Excellence for Corporate Image, an Award of Distinction ... http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=24 How much information is TOO much? Last Friday, I was a guest on Fox31 News.  We discussed many relevant topics, but one in particular has got me thinking about how much information is too much?  Colorado Senators are considering something known as “Katie’s Law” which would require all individuals arrested on felony charges to give a ... http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=23 How are you spending your time? http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=22 21st Century Learning For those who are interested in learning more about what 21st Century Learning really means, visit the Council on 21st Century Learning.  http://c21l.org/  http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=20 The Future of Copyright: Ruining Privacy and Civil Liberties Believers in copyright keep dreaming about building a digital simulation of a 20th-century copyright economy, based on scarcity and with distinct limits between broadcasting and unit sales. This vision of copyright utopia is triggering an escalation of technology regulations running out of control and ruining civil liberties. read more | digg ... http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=19 Clear the Technology Clutter Yesterday morning, I had finally had it. Staring me directly in the face was my very own disheveled Desktop. The ironic part of this is the fact that I speak to many folks about the importance of keeping a tidy Desktop and computer in general in order to ... http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=18 Blogging with ScribeFire After a brief conversation with a colleague of mine, I’m off and running using the latest (well, latest to me) technology he suggested… ScribeFire I’m one that likes to share ideas, but have been hampered by the time and steps it takes to put great information on my blog. His suggestion…start ... http://www.duckworthdesign.com/weblog/?p=17