Zettelkasten: the Promise of A Truly Effective Method of Learning

Zettelkasten: the Promise of A Truly Effective Method of Learning

Do you love learning new things? Yeah, me too. But if you think about it, you’re not going have someone answer that question with, “Not me! Learning’s just not my thing!” You won’t because humans simply like to learn new things. It’s in our nature. That said, I think you’ll agree that there are differences…

StoryMapJS – Part 3 – Sharing a StoryMap
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StoryMapJS – Part 3 – Sharing a StoryMap

Welcome to Part 3 of the StoryMapJS Tutorial StoryMapJS is free online software that lets you tell a story with media — including images, video or audio – and augment that story by displaying specific locations on a map. It’s one of many projects developed, hosted and freely shared by Knight Lab, part of Northwestern…

The Meal

The Meal

First, a preamble to set the context. I feel I need to explain why I went out of my way to create a page on the website to talk about the experience of eating just one meal. I arrived in Cambridge Bay on August 25, 1997 and the story of the meal took place on…

StoryMapJS Tutorial – Part 1 – Introduction
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StoryMapJS Tutorial – Part 1 – Introduction

When you’re telling others about where you’ve gone and what you’ve experienced, wouldn’t it be cool to show them the exact locations of your travels on a map while you’re telling your story? StoryMapJS is great way for you to do just that. This will be part one of a three part series about StoryMapJS….

A Trip to Taloyoak

A Trip to Taloyoak

this post is part of the“Arctic Memories” Series From August, 1997 until July, 1998 I worked as an English and Computer Instructor at Nunavut Arctic College in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Living in the far north, above the arctic circle, made for some unique experiences. During that time I maintained a website called Grant Wilson’s Arctic…